Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-12

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to the head OF big hollow You SET
came to the hollow from the east,
The wind was from the north bloWin !
directly down the hollow I crossed
the hollow and went over TO the wes1
| side about g mile Then came back
below where ] had been al first About
| half mile / came up 10 the holloE
and looked down but / did not see an
/ thing Then / looked up the hollow.
and 10. there stood an old buck. He
was looking mp the hollow for me.
| You see he had scented me as / cross
| ed the head of the hollow and was
standing there looking up the hollow
| for me to come down. But / had
came in below him and he did not
| scent me. He was standing Just about
a hundred and fifty yards from me- /
| took aim thinks /, Il can't hit him
| that fari~ | saw q tree about ten feet
from NE, slipped TO it and took aim
But. oh. il was LOO far yet. l saw an
other tree about fifteen farther. II ]
| could only get TO that tree felt sure
could kill him with Old Quickshot
| slipped along right easy till / got TO
the tree. Then l took aim Boom.
| went -<Old Quiekshot- Oh, but how
/ did run 10 see If | had killed my
deer. When got to him he was down
on the ground. You see there was q
bluff about seven feet high. It was
nearly straight up and down. AT this
| point I left Old Qaickshot" upon the
bluff and down i went I jerked out
| my knife and was going 10 cut the
deer's throat. But when / got within
about four feet Of him he made lunge
al me and came nigh getting me On
| his horn. ] ran back up to the bluff
grabbed .-0ld Quickshot, poured a
charge of powder down her but didn' /
take time 10 cut any patching. | just
rapmed the ball down without any
patching and ran down to the deer. /
got up within about FIVE feet of him
and let drive. The ball went through
his head and came out at his left
shoulder. | grabbed ny knife and
the way | did saw on that old deer's
throat.
Now he was dead Hanging him was
nv next trouble. / had heard Of old
hunters bending down a sapling when
feet together. then tie his feet TO the
sap1ipg and then let the sapiing raise
him up They did this to Keep the
hogs from getting the DEER So Up
went TO sspling and climbed up IL:
then | tied the deer's feet TO It, but To-
the sapling would not raise the deer.
Then after some hard pulling | man
aged 10 get the deer to 2 larger sap
iLg. / climbed up it, but loi I could
not bend il down. / got it about half
way down: then | got hold of another
sapling and locked my feet around the
one ! was trying 10 pull down. In this
down. and by holding to the sapling
that I had pulled down by, with one
hand l began tying the deer on with
the other But | got SO enthusiastic
hat | let 20 the sapling and began
tying the deer On with both hands
p went the sapling; it got about half
way up with me hanging by nv heels,
and then down / came and / hit the
ground awfnlly hard, I'll tell you. At
last ] came to my senses: | got I'D and
started for home / got about a hun
dred yards away then / thought,
Some hunter might come along and
see that deer lying there and think
some one had shot II and il had Tun
and fell dead there" So | went back
and cut some brush and threw over it.
Ny fear was now that the hogs might
find il and eat it up before | could get
back. I'll tell you | made steps in
hurry. / went through the highest
way | could for home. When I got
home they asked me what was The
matter. / told them that had killed
one OF the biggest deer over there in
the barren" that ever was guessed
got the cart and oxen and went
after the deer When / got to him !
could not load the deer In the cart so
! backed the cart up against the bluff
and hitched the oxen 10 the deer and
dragged him up the bluff and then
rolled him down into the cart Then
| started for home. ] was one of the
proudesf boys that was ever seen.
nearly. I dressed ny deer and had
venison for supper After supper |
studied the hunt all over and came TO
the conclusion that | was one Of the
finest hunters in the State OF Missouri.
would like to hear from 7. P r,
for If was TO come in at the hour Of
midnight with my paper and tell my
boy that there was one of T P. Rs
hunts in ii be would rise and dress TO
read that hunt.