, 1897-10-21
TWAS GREAT SHOT
REUBEN PETITIONERS SON A CREDIT
TO HIS FATHER.
The Ma From Over sinnam.honinx VIZ,
Tells Of the System He Employed In Sud.
denly and simultaneously KILL. . Erar,
. Buck and Two Pheasauts.

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Tells Of the System He Employed In Sud.
denly and simultaneously Killh = Erar,
. Buck and Two Pheasauta.
THE peculiar SUCCESS that attended NY
remarkable father, Reuben Pettibone, n.
y hunter" said the man from over Sinna.
mahonirg way, was due to his maryriog;
knowledge of tho anatomical structur. O.
wild BEASTS us much AS to his uncrri.: :
skill as a marsk:nun.
ut isn't enough to know he used :,
shy, just where II deer's heart is Iurnt. /
In the animals body or the exact sgl6 IN
the interior uf II benr where the kidnGs ;lI
snugly cnsconccd and then to be uhi.S,
sock IA bullet there If you want to l. s'us
Of your game. Not by any means. a der
will go IA mile easy enough with u bu:ie5
in Its heart before it will drop. and yen
may plug II hole clear through u hears
kidneys, and yet he will hump himself
and get fur out of yon reach in u laurll
patch before he finds out that he Is u goner
You may get the deer after u good deal Of
trouble and suspense, but you'll never get
the bear The safest and only profitable
way to hunt, to say nothing of being MGR
ciful TO your beast, is to kill your game
dead whore it stands or where it rams.
Thus, always sever u ventricle Of II d2er's
heart when you shoot. and all you have tC
10 thnn Is to walk up and skin the deSr.
Never skirmish around to draw bead on u
bcur's !idneys. Separate tho spinal cord
at the mock will your bullet and the bear
will die in the middle of a breath
"'Evoryboiy knows, my remarkable
father used to say, that If you shoot tile
head off u pheasant MS it sweeps like the
wind through the thicket, the pleasant
will drop dead OF course it will, but then
see what n shocking looking thing the
dead bird IS with its ragged, bloody, head
less neck Bcheuliug our pheasant thus
Ia cruel. Just ut the base of the birds
bill, below the eyes, Is n bunch of nerves.
A sudden shock to these nerves will kill
the bird instantly Direct your rifle bail
as the bird takes wing. 50 that it will whiz
over that bunch of nerves so close that if
It was a hair closer it would break the
skin. A stroke of lightning couldn't drop
that bird any quicker than the concussinn
of that passing bullet will Remember
this. my son, Iteubon Pct,ihone used to
say. 'nnd never waste, pain or mumIpi1
your game.
"Praxiteics,' my remarkable father
used to say never waste, pain or num-
mix your gaine Let anatomical knuwl-
edge go hand IN and with knowing how
to shoot Then, il you keep your powder
dry, you'll tumble things tremendous.
And | followed his advice, and | have
tumbled things. | take it Indeed l have.
but Of all the tuifbling Of things | ever
did nothing ever reflected more credit on
my remarkable father than II neat bit of
tumbiing l did once down on the lower
SinnRInahnning. claim no credit for 1t for
myself 1t was neat indeed, but far be 1t
from me to say that | ever would have
thought Of doing 1t II 1t had not been for
the precept mud example of Reuben Petit
bone Mover
"Of nil tho multitudinuus things ! have
tuInblcd I have seldom gone out with
vengeance In my heart to tumble EN-, but
this time | did. l did indeed Good reason
! had for 1t too, although | had been moro
than patient When the ninth sheep dis
appeared from my pasture, though, l
thought 1t was time to call u halt on the
bear. and ! took my riffs and went out.
vengcfuI and determined got on the
trnck Of the benr abnutn mile down the Sin
MAINTAINING and followed it three miles
1he stream 'n"ec " H"'"un "."" ''"''
there, ana rs ! ihoSeu CAUTIOUSLY "fn'h"
tho bend ci'ho ~'hsieht"i the sheci' S'ehi
er stretched our on 'he pahh SUM" 'si,,p
q hnndred yar's or ~ "hc'u Vi 'hp ne
wasn't In n position Tor me To fi'o hiiha
dead shot. ana vnnsein' as was ! con'u
not boar tn think of giving him even u
moment of suffering
Il was ON the point Of hol!oring at him
IN scnra him mn and shn,y RE u proper
shot when ! happened !" raise my eyes
mud there tive rods ahead lay u ing buck
chewing MS cnd IN sweet contrnt'iirnt
Deer were nnooinnon scarce th'!t season
and hnd nSe Tor Just snrh n Duck M 1hat'
Sc ] concluded 10 postpone my vengeance
n moment Eli the dcer ana th'n a6teno
to the boar before he canld get INTO the
brush. 10. ! kno" he wouiu DO up anu OH
ut the sound OF my gun WI" JUST aouut
to rnn my eye over the gun h'rfe' ana iet
the buck de WIN thn casio Oh n'' cua sun
In his muuth when what should come
strutting out into the open. side ny SIDE.
but u big cock pheasant ana MS men
had no sooner seen theih thln u cohhpte.
henstvs idea struck me, and proceeded
at once to carry II out
This will he tho neatest piece OF WORE
! have ever done. said l to hysci1 u
wish father wns here to see u.
II was apprehonSlSe OF only one 'hihR'
and that was that the bear might wake
up before things were IN proper shape.
watched tho two ~phensants's they strnttea
on ont side by side was ready to net the
instant they got to tho post my nice CAL
culat,on Ind Fixed on They got there ut
last gave u YOU ihe pear WOKE up
aprnng 10 MS tert prnhusioe tow'ro ms.
The buck rose like u flash MT the sumo In.