The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
HOW HIS FIRST DEER FELL
HUNTER NEVER BIAS hNOHN
HOw NE KILLED ~
Waited la q Runwa, Jntil the fsucl< Came.
Heard y t;un Go Or. and Next rfifng
lie Awoke to Find vbe Animal Dead
Other Animals That He saw.


Other Animals That lie saw
e! had a. vet never seen a Wild deer
IN the woods let alone having ever
killed. one said civ man who has KILLED
MANY n ore since, SO was n trifle nervous
when Sr;h Freeman. veteran WOODS
man ci nocth"rn Pennsylvania, took me
out that day IN October and stood me on a
runway 70 wait for the deer hs and MS
dogs We're 10 drive Ia me-, Seth hved
of 20 the south OF ihe famous Bucshorn
Ridge on the border OF Laurel Pond.
| wanted the experience Of killing a deer
and so one October | went in TO Seth 3
camp and told him So.
That beIn' the case said the old
woodsman. Wen have 10 run deer
1Sin vo,l Wei do that all right. A
for your havin' the experience q KILN
il. well sonny. tina, depends good deal
, On how YOU hold yogr gun. There's con-
siderable o hi.ch fever in he air an 1t =
/ ketchin
2 Being willing 20 risk /, got up early
! in ;he morning at Ssth's call and pre-
/ pared 20 60 with him. Two tumblers
Z stood on the cabin table. Into each one
Of thes. seth dropped a green sprig Of
something and bruised IL with the handle
OF his hunting knife Then he prodisoed
n black bottle from the shelf and poured
each tGmbler half fun from its contents.
! This amt sunirin' to drink. mind We
said he warninsly This il medicine,
| They tell ire 'hs-c amt nUthin' like il
! fer the-:a- .hs-fc- the blood ] think
II = There ANT nuthn' like il fer sum
r.n' anyhow. an we can't tell how soon
l. 81 tssl.
haIn's az yoU m goin out TO Kill your fnst
des- so We must have dose. IT'S
/ medicine sonny. hat somehow allu7
I ike a le-'le sugar in m.na Have some
sugar ~ vouru''
I = told him I would and the decoc-ion
beng ready we drank It Whether IL was
Il sanitary iprecau ION ar not. II was sue
oe-s II was good and told seth 80
/ He winked knowingly and said
| Glad Won like H. cause won't have
~ much difiikilty doct orin' you IL YOU
happen to git took with sumpin ft's four
centres and bulis.y. ahead % blue
! pills or Guinine. sonny. gin an tansy il.
! an il don't rack your frame none neither
Come along
1T was on a famous runway on the
high ridge above rhe pond and two miles
/ away that Seth had arranged for me o
take my II and. Scih's TWO dogs were
eager A. we trarnpcd along toward the
ridge the frank old hunt or was moved to
say from time 10 time
-''rain't soin Ia be clear an bri sht
a. this long BY the time we git 10 the run
wav where I'm Goln' 80 stand Won fer to
run he deer az IN YOU i'm look enough hk.
a -nowstorm ~ make Won tSlnk o. sledidhn'
sure a. doors a-prancin' | hope it will
too ] like a cloudy day an a pcne, ratin'
air when | go out fer deer. p'tic'ly when
I'm goin To run one ag'in Teller hat
hain't never see one VII az If there's
deer in my haliwick 'hen's the time
he's 20, 40 Git up an hump hi~srlf 40
don't Won lay out to have a short stand
on the runway with the sun ksepin'
If Won warm. but look out fer long wait
an a nippin' time .
Set his prediction was true and by the
time We got 10 the runway the fine Oct ODER
weather of the early morning had taken
IN the measure 81 a cold and raw mid
Nov embev day l.eaden clouds rolled
across the skv and the penet rating wind
was making itself anything hut welcome
10 me He ~ at ioned me al dead pine tree
on an open and bleak looking spot with
oiIv a "lr!rip "f scrub oak 10 conceal me.
Now mind vour eve sharp said he
w hen yUu k~sr Grovler an Grit here
singin' IN along tho ridg. lay low. ter it
won't y" long rEen before yuu'll 800 a
srchIn' big hucn come tearin dow
through an over them brush ysnter
straight to'rds You. Wait till he turns
gifts nigh. then ping him. Ping him good
an IN the rlghr spot an he's your meat.
sonny said tn" old hunter with queer
smile. for ! was '"ginning 10 shake all
over. Then ne and tho dogs went away
and were @onn uut ~ sight over the ridge
n rad hour fur me followed II was
a most -nlIiar.- SPOT ime dragged
along. rut no sound ~ dog ar sight Of
d"-r cam" u i-,isvs IN" tension. once
"A red foN -tnI" from IN" british like a
shadow paused ~ tho -; eninE within
thrc. i.ot ~ mo llttad ~" fore foot and
ON. Keen ear and .-;~p"j and then stole
away and ii-apJ cared IN IN. opposite
-Id.' ~ noi--l.--lv a. y" had come his
tI-rra"fnd 'In fpr ii'. moment hu, left
~" inor. solitary and tens. than lefOra
rr...it'I, crow. aUr"aring from s"rr-
i'Iv-i".luHl- nla"". '"w high over head
s,rrl, s.uIta. and that - saw and Knocked
-. in NV sriir''!" ri.' "raning and turn
ing st - u"~s ard IfS nRliciou- cav
cav. ra~. we'e Sufficient evidence
Iu" l-t,i"u clouds grew thicker and
'Iirk.' ~. vIu,i tossed tho tree; ops
,nrr'l" ana h"Sled through the rtIs'iing
s",rI',- r.Nei grouse Then ano'her
% 'l''b. 't'Ii'i'. 'Vfi'ilef 'NlV TrCfh among
't.. 'frhor' ,~ush and scinic hed and peck ed
So u"tr ~. that I could have Touched
'heu' WITH ruv Srin 7 WAS almost on the
rur"' ~ 'rig 'slirr 10 the morOtony
sug tension ~ the situation iv riht'inC
"a" En0.. "Oc~ ~ith nv hrIcL shot when
-harIl'Irc Hlong IN" nd" ~ 'h. ridge
not rDor" 'llau fif'v yards below where
7 ca. r.r",rrhing IN the scr,ib oaks hv the
dstd Tr. - -,,ui sized lear came ~ sight
h"ad'rg d'r"r'ly toward ne Tyro as !
was - ~Is piain "a ne that the hear had
not -""n me-. and forr"''ing the grouse
and w." "lIan"e for n deer. 7 determined
., end tho whole irving situation by Civ
ing 'he heal tho contents OF my gun. when
RrrIiu suddenly -t"o ped. threw M his
load listened - moment with his n0se
~ the siy. then turned quickly and hurried
away down tn" ridg" and soon disap-
reared
The hear was still IN sight when the
fox came da-hIng along from the direc-
tinn in whIchit had gone and glided m pidly
toward ledge sosne distance away into
som" "ravIc" or opening in which il cr~pt
out Of sight Thea a faint cry far AWAY
ana rfI1l-tt.nl horne pp tha wind Frf,,,