Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-12-19


at the mouth of Tiger creek, duriug
that holiday vacation thirty years
ago, but they explored and hunted
over the country southwark into tho
Shamrock community and uorthWard
TO where Oilton is now located. and
it was when returning from ono ol
these trips that I'm pushing the under
brush aside on top OF the Cimarron
bluff he saw the herd Of deer i'm the
valley below
1T was wonderful sight even
then" said Mr.. Patrick while in
Shamrock during the past week.
This was perhaps the greatest game
section of old Indian territory. There
We're deer by the hundreds thousands
of wild turkeys, ana bears were plen-
tiful, but as long as | live | will never
forget the sight. that December morn
the bunch of deer feeding i'm the
valley unafraid believing that the
hills that surrounded them would pro-
teCt ana SHIELD them from harm. We
got so much game that trip that we
didn't know what to do with it,
Tiger creek Cmpties into the Cim-
aaron at the northwest corner Of the
Pemcta toWnsite, and the spot where
Patrick and his friends camped is now
hlGCkened and made ugly with oil and
fires that have destroyed the under
brush and deadened the trees, while
the creek itself flows oil the greater
part of the time instead Of water. The
entire district has been commercial
iZcd by men who are money mad.
still Some Deer Found
There are stiH some deer to be
found i'm the Shamrock district ac-
cordng to Mr. Patrick, He main
tains several packs Of hounds i'm this
locality, and when the first SHOWS fall,
covering the ground with white
crust, here is an annual chase held
here Never yet has there been a
winter that q herd of deer has not
been found and one or two of their
number obtained The country is still
inhabitated, too, with wolves foxes
and "a few other animals, perhaps an
occasional bear, which the chase with
the hounds uncover.
Wild turkeys were quite plentiful
i'm the Shamrock vicinity even as late
as last year said Mr.. Patrick. In
fact the birds did not leave until
drilling for oil started up and down
Spring creek valley This year none
has been seen. but the stroud man is
confident that there are several
lunches Of deer left in the thick oak
and hickory forests that cover this
locality everywhere In the oldcn
days there was Just a wide scope Of
country over which the hounds and
the hunters could chase unm0lested,
but today this is changed as barb
wire fences are too frequent TO make
the chase the great enjoyment that
il was then Nevertheless the annual
hunt is still held. and Mr.. Patrick
says that when the first snow falls
he expects to he i'm the saddle i'm the
Shamrock district following the
hounds.
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