Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-04-14


deer adopts. He simply goes around
and around in the thickest brush he
can find, depending all the time on
mere strength Of grit and endurance
% Win out and throw off the Fostering
hound. lie is not afraid Of the dog, but
the latter bores him by his persistency,
and he resorts to the same measures
adopted 10y the man who owes YOU ten
dollars. II is very difficult TO tree a
wildcat Sometimes. after being hunt
ed for hours i'm the way ! have indi-
Gated fresh and fast hound might
make him climb a tree. but this i rare.
The man who shoots a wildcat with
out understanding these principles is
lucky.
Last week Lew Boyd. the presiding
genius Of the hunt at HARDWOOD. tele-
phoned to me that ne had found the
fresh track Of cat.
"'rhat cats come bacl, from Eden
was the way Lew put it-Edeu was
tAc second place Of residence Of this
particular cat-'and he's on this side
Of the Monticello road. now
$50 / tclephoned 10 Miles Sturtevant
20 come down from Haywood the next
morning 10 meet me. met his wagon
oh The road four miles from town. We
bumped our way over the turnpike 10
the top of Sullivan county. and then
turned into the old Texas road. picking
up Lew Boyd and his hound on the
way lhree miles further ON the Gray
road strikes cut 10 the east at right
angles. Here We dismissed the wagon,
chaiu'u the bound. and walked ON i'm
me direction pt Gray swamp VI the
h'aa OF tray swamp we found the
tracks Of "a big c1t pointing toward the
swamp ami "a f." yards further ON we
came upon a similar track crossing
the r"ao opposite direction. Low
asserted confidently that the two
tracks were made that day. and ~ The
same animal and the question re
manned - toe decided on which side OF
'he roG' h' was ~ that moment. He
was o. INC opinion mat the eat was i'm
Long swamp. - we trud"cd through
lhe W"H'S Tor three mics along thetop
OF low ridge.
we passed inhumtrabIe deer racks
OF me way. rs we neare' Long '"amp
we mt up n fine deer that went dash
inc off toward Port .Icr,is and q little
later another iumped through the
brush close by. Long swamp i, Of the
.LaIje of am euormou, tNo-fugercd
hand. covering hundreds of acres. Aft
er we GAINED the swami The sun went
under the clouds. and even the instinct
of direction poseessed by Lew BOYD.
trained woodsmau AS me WAS Was nj
fouIt We made orr way hy The aid
Of my pocket commas
"Ou the west edoe of the swami we
came suddenly upon Mace where
the orouud was torn and tramuled
Tufts Of hair and pieces Of nell lay
about ON the blood-staiued snow. and
there was every sion ola terrific struo-
ole ON the edoe NJ tbe hottloprornd
Law the parncb Of a deer and a few
feet further ON we found It's head and
SHINE ouawed Glenn. The work had
bcon done tyyo NIGHTS before and from
all siops his had been no ruuuiro hat
tle Of miles The trooed,. had ali beon
enacted. within q few feet. and we both
felt q new respect for the animal that
could do away with a nearly fun
grown deer. Lew cut through to skirt
The east end Of lie swami in o1irst of
a fresh track. and went mn Handy hin
in the opuositc direction to look over
A smaller swami i'm the vicinity.
The cat ain't here Lew announced |
definitely. when we met again. Hes
back i'm GRAY swamp
GRAY swamp fe the worst place in |
Sullivan county. II is almost impene-
trable. II is perfectlv fiat and in nd
is overgrovn with laurel whose !