Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-12-11
AN ARKANSAS HUNT.
SUCCESSFUL OUTING or THE CHRIS
TAN COUNTY HUNTING CLUB.
diary OF Camp LJyfce@Incidents OF the
Hunt.

and Mr.. Strout, two gentlemen from
Red Fork, are hunting with us. 1.-The
Arkansans, with Norton and Ransom,
go bear hunting, but have no success.
The others drive the woods north of
camp and Mr.. Ferguson and Capt.
White shoot at a doe, which they
lump in the drive. Cross over the
new levee and hunt the woods be-
You'd. Catlett shoots at large doe,
which goes by his stand, and Bradley
fires three rifle shots at her as she
goes by him. Between the two she
was hit, evidenced by her bloody
trail. But she still had speed and
strength to go, for she left all of the
dogs except Luke's Bob, and after
shutdown she crossed the bottom be-
low camp, struck Lake Jefferson
above and swan two hundred and
fifty yards to the other shore, Luke's
faithful hound on her heels until she
took water.
Some ducks and coon the fruits
of the days hunt.
Saturday, the l4th.-This weather is
glorious. The nights cool and bright
and the days full of Gods sunshine.
Several different squads scour the
country. Powers, with Catlett and
Norton, cross the river and try the
island for bear; the main body of the
hunt go to the woods beyond Muir
phys house, full four miles distant,
while Bradley and fainter, in a skif,
try the lake for fish.
Squire Jones and his son, Gordon,
go home this morning. We were
sorry to see them go, for they are
good men and true.
Bradley and fainter return to camp
about noon with three wild geese
which they had killed in Cypress bot
tom. They are fat and fine-I mean
the geese-and weigh forty-five
pounds.
The deer hunters went down into
the Montgomery deadening beyond
the Murphy house and in this new
region lost their bearing and wander
ed around to find out "where they
were at" In doing this Warner
jumped and shot at a large buck. AT
last the ISLANDERS were placed. While
Mr.. Stroud was in the act of dismount-
ing, large buck sprang up. In the
confusion Stroud fred once at MIN,
and thinking that he had missed him,
did not go to see. Soon Mr.. Ferguson
came to him, and examining the trail,
found blood and following found the
buck dead scarce a hundred yards
away. This was very large deer,
With branching antlers.
AS the ISLANDERS were leaving in the
evening the dogs brought large doe
by Ferguson, who killed her at long
shot. Make other drives with no sue
cess. Powers and his bear hunters
returned at dark with no success be-
yond the frightening of rabbit al
most to death. No mast, and hence
no bear.
Sunday. Nov. 15.-Hal Lenox re-
turned home this morning. Hal is
good boy, and a good hunter and our
good friend: Baldwin came into
camp bringing the antlers of four
point buck which he had killed before
our hounds.
What beautiful and.bright morn
ing it is! In my years of service in
camp | have never known Sunday
otherwise. AS if our God on this His
chosen day, smiles with a Fathers
benefcence upon His children, and
thank God, his mercies are not
strained, but fall-alike upon the poor
as upon the rich, and with favoring
grace upon all.
As sit here at the kitchen table
and write these notes" tonight my
will recalls to memory that friend and
splendid specimen of manhood who
used to preside over this department
and now gone before.
Will Davis Garrett was man whom
we loved, and who had twined him
self with our very heart strings.
Brave, manly, devoted to his friends
and an ardent hunter, could it be 9TH
srwise? He had the strength of Her
,ules, and yet heart tender as that
If loving woman. L remember
once, here upon these hunting
grounds, when the dogs had driven
desperate bear to bay in cane brake,
when others fell exhausted by the
way, his superior strength carried
him to the scene of conflict, where the
bear, standing up, was killing dogs as :.
asst as they reached him, Garnett
,ushed in, placed his gun to the brute's
ear, fired, killed the bear and burst
ais gun. Such things as this showed
Inc indomitable courage of our friend.
He was the soul and life of camp.
Under his directions tents went up,
,r came down, wagons were loaded,
ind then he would go as far in the
woods as any man. AS an awakener
If sleeping men, he had no superior.
When the early hour to get up came,
ven before the STARS had sat he