The Washington herald., 1907-11-24
Awful Fooled
Wss WOodruff, Our Expert Hunter &
Trapper Makes Awful Mistake
Full PartlckIers

Yves Woodruff. our expert hunter and
trapper. met with 2 experience last
Thursday. which he says was most pc
kuliar experience he ever encountered in
all his experience as a hunter. II also
cost him $500.
Wes has been trying 10 shoot n deer all
sall and he has come pretty near doin il
too on several occasions, but not quite.
Only last week while he was hunting
deer after a little szift OF snow. he go,
on the track Of one and chased il what
lie Call1ilates must have been about i
miles. clean up over the back side OF
Sawridge Mountin. where he lost the
track and got lost hisself and the dark
ness come on and poor IVES wondered
around al the whole live long night.
cussing and swearing and praying by
spells and almost froze and on the verge
OF starvation. Next morning as soon as
It got light Wes got his bearings and
reached Bingville.
But that experience don't hold a can
die to what happened 10 IVES last Thurs
IL
ing as he allus hunts deers with a shot
gun because he can shoot straighter with
Il than he can with a rife, and started
out after deer. Yves followed the road
down Snake Bend way for two miles then
he cut across country until lie got away
back into the woods. BY and by he come
TO clearing where they had once been
an old pasture and while he was crossing
this clearing he heard a noise right OF
10 his right IN the bushes. Wes he cooked
his shot gun and snuk Up towards sse
noise trying to go as easy as possible and
I by and by he seen what he took to be
the hind quarters OF a deer shown
, through the bushes about five rod ahead
wes he put his trusty shot gun to hi:
/ shoulder, took careful aim and pulled the
trigger. There wss awful report Yves
was kicked clean over backwards by the
! gun and hit the back Of his head against
a stone, almost renderin him hors de
/ combat as you might say. Following The
4 shot there was a terruble beller come
| from the bushes ahead and then all OF g
suddin a alderney bull broke through tn,
bushes and come straight at Wes whC
said he was never more surprised in hi!
life. bein as he thought he had shot {
buck deer instead OF a buck COW. Yves h'
dropped his gun and skun up the neares
tree just in time TO excape instant deti
at the hands Of the bull In that position
Wes remained treed until long in the af
ternoon when the bull went of mad and
Wes he climed down the tree, got hi,
gun and come back to BingviHe
That night when Sim Watkins. who
owns the land on which Yves was huntiI
went out 10 bring his slderney bull in Il
the te-up. he was considerably surprise,
to find the bulls rump full OF buck shot
Sim would probably never have knowet
who done it If It hadn't been that We.
told the joke on hisself at Hen Weathers
ears Of Sim. he drove right into Blng
vile and hunted Yves up and told hin
that ne considered he had did his alder
ney bull $500 worth OF damage and un
less he paid him the money he woult
have him put In jail for assault and bat
tery on the bull. This scared Wes and b
paid Sim the $500 right on
Sim says he considers he let Wes Of
easy considering the horrible time he hat
in tryin 10 pick them shot out OF mis- al
derney bull and Askin his life 10 do II
Yves says he caldlates next time h
shosts bull for a deer 1t will be a aw
ful cold day.