Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-15

at and killed it" she exclaimed exultiuCly
10 a Boston reporter. II viii tell you how.
II was with the rife my husband gave me
last Christmas"
She drew it from It's cover. beauty six
pounds 3S55 Winchester repeating rife The
steel case hardened. pistol grip and all the
desideratR.
Il only began to shoot about two years
ago. and then with rife not my own ]
shot az targets and learned 90 break the
neck uf a bottle. even when 10 was hohhiuc
up and down IN the water. Why q few
weeks ago before We went UP into Maine.
seven or eight OF us were shooting at tar
CCt down at Atlantic. 10 was d common
tfty-yard target placed at seventy five
yards. ] hit it seven or eight times and
made the bull s-eycs. That was better than
any one else did.
Nearly week before killed my deer
saw one strayiuE near the camp about
dusk ] pulled on my gloves aud reached
for my gun. but he strayed on In the dusk
and ] did not shoot. ] was not in the least
nervous and ] do not know the feeling Of
hunters uEue.
j began TO hunt In earnest two days he
fore my shot on October L., hut did not
see anything until that day. We left camp
al about 9 $50 a. M and walked about two or
three miles through the woods making our
way 10y compass and uot ly the trail We
came into the best OF the deer country.
There were three OF us, with the guide.
haii way down q slope in from; Of III rshy
clearing Back OF me was the forest and
beyond the marsh the game Placed as !
was there was a splendid opportunity TO
KIN whatever crossed the clearing ! sal be-
hind o. fallen tree trunk and short bushes.
My husband and the guide started OF
% beat Up the game. They went In difer-
Cut directions. ] waited about half an
hour once ! changed my position. but hat
80 change back again.
"a rrfTF .El AZ HN me HT
the direction in which the guide had gone.
/ thought that ne had shot az deer. but
it saams that he had picked OF a partridge
10 relI.ye the monotony Of his tramp.
tramp.
nl0.ye minutes afterward I heard crack
ling OF twirs in the distance to my left. and
then, as the cracking became more audible.
] could hear loud breathing or painting.
This continued for some minutes. The
animal Was coming toward me. ! did NOS
feel al an afraid or nervous hut picked
w my rifle and stood ready to shoot at the
right time
THE crushing came nearer and the pant
ing grew louder All at once the deer.
a magnificent buck came tearing out OF the
woods and across the marsh. He was
bounding high over fallen trunks and
bush s ] could see him as he came, but
p. could not see me, although he was COM
lur almost directly toward me
'ts hy approached ] drew the gun up
TO Ig shoulder and made ready TO take
him behind the shoulder. as had been
directed But coming so close as he did
thu tree trunk cut part of him of from
my view When he came opposite TO me
he WAS not more than ten feet away The
tree covered just the place ] wanted and ]
could only see the head, neck and hind
quarters
"It was neck or nothing ] aimed at
the neck and fired. TO my intense sur
prise the deer fcll and lay In his tracks. ]
ltUEgl uu' the shell and covered him with
my rife ready TO put another bullet into
him IL BE should become dangerous This
be would have been i' ] had not fatally
wounded him But though he kicked hard
and br5atied hard he could not lift his
head.
There wge nothing to do hut to put an
eul 10 the deer. and a bullet through the
heart settled him. left him with the
guide who was taXidgrmist to cure IN,
skin and mount the head and legs. II,
was a biz deer Of 800 pounds had five
IrouEs TO his horns and must have been
about years old "