Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-01-06
Windup Of a Most Successful
Hunt.
Complete Summary Of the Game
Killed Notes OF FIore or
Less interest.
fcon linued ZION $50 week ]

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Dec. |. This being our last days
hunt on this trip our worthy Stewart
Mr. Watson called the cook at 3
O'Clock. Ats we were through with
our morning meal and all ready for
the woods. Capt. Coleman an
nounced that he would place the
ISLANDERS and directed Mr.. Bob
Baker to make the drive by the
time it was light. The Captain led
the way down Bushy Top Lake,
when near the foot he placed the
first man and passed on along the
biyou dropping the men at inter
walls until all were placed except
three or four when the Captain
stood and directed the remainder of
his men to pass on Keeping north
east course. stopping at intervals
of two hundred yards until all
were placed The last man had
scarcely reached his stand when
the Captains gun was heard, two
quick reports followed the first. He
had not long 20 wait after placing
himself untIl he saw a fine s point
buck slipping through the under
growth. He brought him down but
does not know which shot proved
fatal. 1t was but a few moments
until the dogs were heard coming
through the swamp in full cry, they
crossed the biyou north of the
ISLANDERS. circuled between Bushy
Top and Long Lake and came back
TO the biyou in 81 yards of Buck
Phipps, where a doe and fawn
stopped in plain view He fired one
shot killing the doe. The fawn ran
on near MIR. Reed who was thenex
stander, he fired four shots bring
ing down the game. Mr. Baker
came up. The Captain left his
stand and with the dogs went into
the cane, out came three point
buck, he soon parallelled with the
line of ISLANDERS until near the up
per end when he passed between Mr..
Powell and Mr.. Turney, the latter
fired one shot sent, him on to the
foot of Long lake. In this drive we
ran five deer and killed three.
Signal for camp. These two of
them were very large was too much
for the men to carry in so we went
to the landing and procured the
services of mule and cart Reached
camp at 1880
In the afternoon we went across
the creek and drove the cane near
the old Arkansas river. Capt Cole
man saw a fine bear in the cane
but did not get a shot The dogs
were trailing slowly through the
brake and ran from cover two very
fine deer Capt, Coleman fired three
shots killing very large doe.
The signal for camp was given and
closed the huns with five fine deer
on the pole. One deer was shot by
native and caught by the dogs
Result of the hunt
A. r. Pace, two shots, one deer
Sam Stewart, five shots, one deer.
NJ b. Coleman, Is shots, three
deer.
Buck Phipps, four shots, one deer.
DR.. Anderson, five shots, one
deer.
Andy Brown, two shots, one deer
J. p. Watson, three Shots, one
deer.
h. H. Baker, eight shots, one
deer
John Reed, SIX shots, one deer.
Caught by dogs, one.
j. f.. McCracken, two shots
Robt Steel, two shots.
Major Thomas, two shots.
II. r. Turney, five shots
VIM. Baker, one shot.
j. ID. Shaw, one shot.
a e. Peace, two shots, bear
Sim Phipps, two shots, a btar
Jerry Wall, one shot, a bear,
VIM. Baker, one shot, bear.
Twelve deer, two catamount,
geese, ducks and squirrels without
number the result of the hunt.
Dec. Up early. BY 9 o'clock
the outfit packed and being loaded
on wagons. At 1890 the last wag-
on was off for the mouth OF White
river which we reached at 100. At
s the Steamer New Matte landed
and we were soon on our way home.
Saturday evening the rain began to
fall, while lying at the wharf at
Helena a regular water spout
caught us. We left there at the