Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-18

either broad minded enough to lear
more about it, of else announces tha
he does not believe it at all.
A man of the woods might ask yoI
something like this: Did you have
gum"
No"
well, that's pretty good. You wer
/ lucky to get your deer that way III
wouldn't ask you how the deer acte'
because he would know how it acted
Nor would he ask how much strength
was used, knowing how much strength
was necessary to kill deer in tina
manner. He would also know that /
you saw a deer too big to handle yol
would not tackle it.
In winter when the snow is deel
the deer or moose has difficulty il
walking about in furrows worn b!
themselves. A man on snow shoe!
can run them down very quickly.
There are many different ways tC
kill deer. In the yard you can xii
him with a club. You can throw him
and break his neck, just as the COW
boys in the west throw a steer and
break it's neck. Then, again, you car
strangle the animal by throwing youl
whole weight against him.
Talking with Andrew SockaleXis
the Indian Marathon runner, after
my return to civilization, brought tc
light another experience similar tC
mine. This indian had run down a
deer on snowshoes in the winter and
killed the animal with his hands
alone.
l feel pity instead of anger toward
those critics who do not believe SIM
ply because they do not know.
The deer fights with its forward feet
more than it does with its horns. In
winter a deer does not have horns to
fight with Summer is the mating
season, and / suppose nature provided
them with antlers at this time to pro-
tect themselves. In the mating sea-
son the horns of these animals are
perfect. and they are always ready
for a fight. They will resist any in
reference from other animals. But
in winter they yard together and are
peaceful, never engaging in battle. fol
at this time they shed their horns and
are harmless.
l have obtained some remarkable
photographs of these animals in the
yards in winter under the jacklight.
Jacklight photography is real sport
and when it is all over the animal is
not harmed in the slightest degree.
In jacklighting first Of all it is nee
essary to have n dark night. Then
you need a canoe and a jacklight on
a staff in the bow. Next a man who
understands padding is absolutely
essential-one who when he dips his
paddle in the water will do it sc
quietly you cannot even hear a ripple
All guides know how to do this.
Set your camera with the shutter
open on box above the light. Their
you go padding noiselessly down the
stream with a broad cycle of light
sweeping the shore.
Unless 4 beaver swimming along
makes dive and in plunging makes a
noise with his tail as he goes down
there is absolutely nothing to break
the silence That noise does not scare
the other animals because they know
what it stands for.
If the animals on the shore do not
get your scent you can go very close
to them with the canoe.
The first thing you see is two balls
of fire in the circle of the light on the
of an animal will take shape around
those balls of fire. 1t may be deer
moose. caribou, bear, or it may
be Il crane-in fact, any animal or
bird in the woods.
When you feel that you are close
enough pull the fashlight and you
have your picture.
Under the spell Of the jacklight the
animal stands fascinated, and 1t is a
most cowardly thing to kill one under
such conditions. There is law
against doing this, one of the few
good game laws.
With the moose, especially the COW
moose, it is different. The jacklight
enrages the animal, and she bristles
up and always prepares to fight it.
She will set herself and wait until the
canoe gets within about ten feet of
her. when she will charge it.
(To be Continued.