The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-02-23
MS DEER And PECCARY,
'1arTED IN MESQUITE FLATS OF
THE SOUTHWEST.

|; - president Roosevelt Shot Pee.
.,ries in UvaIde county-Hard
nAerk and Patience Necessary to
go came-A Mighty Bear Hunter
"a His Traps.
arhe open season for deer hunting
impatiently awaited by the boy
icus to get his first shot as well
~ the experienced hunter who
= to make his six bucks.
- southwest portion of Texas is
deal deer range, says the San
apnio Express, and especially so
Snis immediate section of Uvalde,
nney and Zavala counties. The
nGuite flats, interspersed with
aiflla ridges, are the natural home
- he deer. The country is also well
Jared. The live oak furnishes mast;
prickly pear apples, and the mes
~ fats the rich curly mes
~ grass that the deer delight to
a upon.
tan the early morning or late IN the
ming the deer come in from the
sekets or hills where they have been
q up during the day and Craze
the grass in the openings. They
very cautious and generally re-
"a by the side of some clump of
R6hes and are not easily detected.
1ng assured of their safety and of
approaching night they are bold
advance into the opening. The
snatches a few nibbles and then
Is for an enemy while the spot
n fawn gambols about. The eau
- hunter does not then nave long
WYATT before the buck appears.
SDeer hunting, as the cid hunter
Sbws, is not what it is cracked up
he It takes hard work and lots Of
as we'll as experience to get
game. 1t is no easy matter
kdetect a bucks head at 100 Or 200
7eds amid a wilderness of cactus
profusion Of brush and scrub.
e chances are a pear leaf will look
Re like the genuine article than
" deer who is observing the hunt
y motions and ready to take in
mt fight if discovered. A waving
nal of white is about all that re-
ards many a tired hunter as he
pnbles through the catclaw mes
lite brush.
There are not many hunters who
= claim six bucks to their credit
ring the season, as the law allows.
IN. Mcdaniel claims to have killed
! six in one day last season.
Will Meacham, who was one of the
3ocessful hunters, is of the opin-
Z that the greatest benefit Of the
cent hunting law is the stopping
Epeddling out venison. While the
r. could be sold there were many
w did nothing else but hurt deer
"a living. Now this has stopped.
ID q. matter of sport:
ne javeline or peccary is another
u animal peculiar to this section,
~ hunting of which affords excel
= sport. The javeline has many
1sacteristics of the wild hog. but
mite different animal in many
ects. They inhabit the dense
kets which are common in many
~ Of this country. The tangled,
n brush and cactus Is impenetra-
II places for anything, unless it
E1ayeline. Their tough skin, COW
with long. sharp. bristles. is
against any of the thorns they
IN contact with. The javeline
on pear, apples, roots, mesquite
and other vegetable diet. The
long, keen tusks, which cut like
-, and they strike with a down.
stroke, unlike the common hog.
= stroke is upward. Their hoofs
imall aud sharp, and they are
EtO be sworn enemies to the rat
nhes. One after the other these
1ous little beasts will leap upon
&oiled snake and literally grind
pieces.
y javeline is usually hunted with
and it takes an old warrior OF
Famine tribe to hold his own.
3aveline can whfrl with almost
ling like rapiiity, and woe betide
[og II it is not beyond the reach
y popping tusks. The cry OF
led javeline serves as a rally
IN for the bunch, and they have
known to return and compei
inter to seek safety in tree,
they have kept him for hours.
Iident Roosevelt when Govern
New York visited Uvalde for
le purpose of hunting the jave-
6hich was then one animal he
EVER hunted. He spent several
IL the I'd ranch, owned by Ike
IOr, and succeeded in killing a
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