Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-03
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DR.. J. D. Mcdowell and Mr.. Walton
s. Nell have been the envy Of their
Efriends during the past few days on
account Of the interesting stories they
have been able to tell Of their hunt
ing trip to Georgetown last week.
They returned on Saturday, and either
Of them can talk for hours at a time
Of the great sport they enjoyed during
their stay.
| Yes, I killed a deer" admitted Mr..
Neil somewhat diffidently in reply to a
question from member Of party of
friends to whom he was talking. "It
was my first deer, and had to pay
the usual penalty. They smeared me
good with its blood"
Pressed for further details, Mr.. Nell
explained that he and DR.. Mcdowell
Joined big party of hunters on the
last day Of big deer drive. 1t was
Friday. Under the rules Of the hunt
down that way, each participant takes
his place at designated stand, and
frequently last for q week. Except
on the last day the hunter Is prohib!
tied from shooting anything except
deer, turkeys, wildcats and rattle-
snakes. On the last day he can shoot
at whatever he pleases. y
II had an extra good stand on an
embankment," Mr.. Neil saidt "and =
got two shots at deer, saw the first
one coming more than hundred
yards; but for some reason I did not
shoot until he tried to jump over me.
Then blazed away and cut his throat
with load Of bucltsl1ot. He fell dead
on the spot. had never shot at a
deer before and did not know what 70
came up he looked after all that and
in addition smeared me good with the
animals blood" u
What about the other deer?" some
body asked. ~
why / didn't kill him. He was
coming along toward me and ny
neighbor at the next stand told me
not to shoot yet. While was waiting
the deer turned round and started or.
I fired and knocked him down; but
he got away. could have killed him
easily II l had only fired at the proper
time"
"see any turkeys?" asked an eager
listener. |
mo" Mr.. Neil replied. "That was
not good neighborhood for turkeys. |
place, few miles away; but I killed |
two foxes. A big old red fox came trot-
ting by ahead Of the hounds and
knocked him over. A little later I got |
shot at another and killed him also.
But can't say that enjoy shoot
ing deer" Mr.. Nell declared. There
is not much sport in 1t. The animals /
are too innocent. 1t seems to me like
shooting at sheep. There is lots Of
sport shooting ducks. though. There
are millions of them down there-liter-
ally millions. They shoot them late
in the evening and In the early NOM
like bullets. You don't see anything
but black streaks through the air. and
you blaze away at these. II your almI
is good the ducks fall into the water
one, two, three, four-splash, splash, L
splash. You know from the splash
whether you have killed your duck.
We also shot good many from blinds.
How many I killed, I do not care to
say; but I think 1t must have been
somewhere between 7S and 100" Ia
Recurring to the subject Of deer, Hr. |
Neil said that according to the rules I
no hunter Is allowed TO kill more than
two deers the same DIR. One day not
long ago, young man who occupied q
stand with a, repeating shotgun, got
a chance at FIVE, one after the other.
He had never shot 1 deer before, hut
he commenced blazing away and Killed
all five Of them. He just simply for
got himself In the excitement and did
not know what he was doing. When
the others came up, he had thrown !
away his gun and was standing by
tree, trembling with the buck asue. {
I am not excited a Bit he persisted
They ruled this young fellow OF the
hunt and won't allow him to go any {
more until he learns better.
It is said that game of all kinds, in
cluding deer, is more plentiful in the
Of Georgetown than II has
been for years. The land generally Is
in large preserves, and pro-
miscuous hunting Is not permitted Ia