The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
DEER KILLED IN ODD WAYS.
FiTE or 4 PRETTY WHITE DOE
N 4 CANADIAN COt NTi.
4 Buck Killed b, . Chanee shot Luc@ ef
Asbeeping Hunter Adult, ef nde
Deer 20 Nun Tsr-Ne Compassion
Among Deer Teurnr, eround.

Among DEER Teurn~, Greund.
kNowLroN. Quebec. Oct ls-The beau
tfu. whit. deer which had Deen the del ght
and pride " the farmers 10 The south Of This
! county VI Bromr has beeu killed Encour-
aged Nv IL. immunity from ATTACK by uah
and because. perhaps Of ~ unusual color.
seldom molested bv dogs. the pretty crea-
ture had become almost tame aud 49, was
easily shot by al ignorant fellow who did
| not even know tina, there was anything
uncommon about the deer.
A different kind of man was a ieishbor.
who found hat a buck had pushed open
hs dairy door. and thea struggling inside.
had shut himself In lie called the children
~ see the visitor, refused ~ silow hem TO
give hin salt Or bread FOR fear % allaviug
that dread Of msn which 10 the salvation
VI deer aud nuauy turned him loose
The deer were surprisingly tame last
summer IL the eastern townships fruIu
all directions came accounts Of their visits
TO cattl. iu pastures or Of their APPEARANCE
to travellers along ths highways \ parti-
colOrcd doe With a fawu a. nef heels was
seen not very long Ou he road neal
the outlet 81 Krone AXE sud a Cue young
male with n snow-white flank WAS shot a
mile further On las week Two uen fired
four OF fve tlme- ~ three deei IN at orchard
during the last week Of September. but
suffered 80 severely from buck fever that
the trio ambled away unhurt
Some time agVa man diving Win hi-
" ife Ia Aieyne township saw a preitily
marked well ahtiereu stay S'ep into the
woods before 'hem. and more frOn a desire
~ make him show himself than from auv
serious hope ~ getting han fired with a
~ revolver a. his sOut a few wards distant
in the covert ~Astonishei A. not hearing
the creature break away the man entered
the bush and found the deer stone dead iu
a Suchaut position The bal. had travelled
along The backbone. evidently causing
painless and sudden death frouI paralysis
In the house 10 which this nobl sag was
carried Wa preserved a. a curiosity a dser's
forsfOot with "A ustv mink trap Iippiug 70
securely below the fetlock The poor hing
tha, had borae This hOhble cert ainly fOi
mouth-. perhaps for vesi-. had after beius
shot through the shoulder mace o gallant
nm 'of three miles before the settlers which
directed the mark-fnau io its dead body
On one other occasion. and h. the same
district. the hunter above referred 10 shot
n deer dead on The spot. which a. every
hunter well anown ,s a most unusual eI-
psTience He was sleeping one Starlight
night Ia q deserted -fantv. when CHANGING
10 turn toward The window he saw what
he tOoh 20 be he widospIegding horns Of
a male " many tines u was a rather
unlikely place fof deer. aud he Iay quite still.
trying 10 settle In his own nind n some
branching tree outside Mere not deCeiNius
him He had n little doIe over u iud-cd,
but not SUCH a deep sleep a. prevented him
catching he sound % n movement
Nois-l-ssly raising his Winchester he
s,m-d low a. the sill ~ the window name
would allow and fired He fauoied he
heard some disturbance. aud the branched
horns disappeared. but a glance from the
window revealed nothing II was a cold
ulslt Will A laaNy l.A Ilz .lst.. VyRFp MI
conveniently placed. aud The blankets
were too Inviting after a long days tramp.
Ia permit him 10 turn out t. see just where
he had missed a stag
When morning came, however, he found
the nur-t pair 81 autl-r- he had ever -seu
aud their owner living beneath the window
bis nose resting on an empty pork barrel the
splendid fellow had been licking a.. for It's
salt flavor The lucky marksman declared
tina, he never found a break Ia the skin of
the deer. that either the sudden shook VI
The report killed him. or that the bullet
had produced ~concus-ion VI the brain, |
without penetrating the thick bOne al the
top " the skull.
A. a rule, even when mort ally wounded. |
members Of the deer family nIn some die
lance. at a. least bound away for a few
rods A friend ~ he writer standing
upon u runway wa- run into aud bowled
over Nv a racing Young deer, winch Then
fell Oh hin IA it. death furry. seriously IN
Jh ~ AhN w 10 - 1871 |
shot more than n mil~ away QUIT. lately
IN Megsutic. near the Nam. boundary
line. a doe. piercs~i through the heart got
on TO n hiding place some four hundred
yards away before she fell
Their. IL no sympathy among deer, sell
preset walton b-ing the supreme Law -
that a seriously Wounds deer IL never en-
Outraged to remain With it, comrades, but
II summed II II IL persistent II IL horned
aud pushed about. and IL made 10 learn 10
aA--NN a. IL. - lAL-I - - -
a miserable -ri-tsnV- until IA IL en-
fe-bl.d stat. II becomes the prey ~ bear,
wolf or wolverine. or. dTeadful alternative,
pins- away To its death in solitude.
The writer passing along a rsvine not
far from a little settlement saw u sk-l.tun-
two-yeat-oid which was suffering from
n neglected compound fracture OF the
forearm. pulled down bv u mongr.l sheep
dog And the dreadful helple-snes- and
complete misery Of the victim. brought
HON. tn HIN tile Righteousness
OF tho position taken 10y several Of his
friends. Never fire o. n deer unless
YOU c-rtsinly have an opportunity Of a shot
20 IL
The popular and poetical notion ~ the
sweet ssntlone-s of these animals II not
borne out bv "sperlrnc.. There 10 an old
ground thirty miles up The kazn-
hs,us River where for centuries apparently
he -ihgS have b..en accustomed Ia go 10
settle their difference TIL" ring l. TWO
br three acTes m extent. every foot Oi winch
s of fine black soil. pluugh-d up hN the
Of combatani deer
Years sgo a settler living not 50 very far
away carried on many sge- whitehead horns,
And some bones Doubtle-- the. wer.
he relics Of old risIe nam when the
was not merely "a harmless io,ist.
Dut stern serious warfare to the death
Exactly why that particular spot was
,ho-~n IL IL difficult Ia say The soil IL
ieep. frisble. and In we' weather boggv
The heritage around u j. not ESPECIALLY fns
'or cropping On three sides the bordering
r-e~ are Wild plums, acres ~ them, Ia some
reasons ~ least ~strrwing the ground ankle
ieep with red fruit 81 good eating quality
But deer are not generally supposed To- t-
'ond ~ plums. though they are often found
risiting apple trees IN hack settlements
While crowned with horns the male H.
lehan' and tru~ll-nt when ls- dar,.s to Ia
Nm eastern township farmer hlau,-s some
Iusrr~lsome stag Tor The death Of "a nm.
y~earling hull in a pasture last
month The fear ~ mat, j., ~ was said
,efore. the salvation ~ deer. and H. also
very good thing for tho man. a. morr
han one old hunter Noud i,.-iifN from his
'Sr-riencc 81 "a 'uS~l- with al -ursg,Si OF
luselv-curn.r-i stag