The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-22
BIGGEST BUCK IN
ACHAFAYALA SWAMP
STILL AT LIBERTY.
Brave Nights Risk Leather to Take
Pot Shot at Him.

Hunters returning Sunday after
noon from the Achafalaya hunting
grounds tell thrilling tale of an en-
counter with the biggest and shrewd-
est buck in the woods.
The party, headed by Sherman Cart
er, with his pack of celebrated hounds,
included Messrs. ]. R. Jones, Tim
Todd, O. (Bravo) Lane, Frank Can
non, and Blink Buckingham from Welsh
and Messrs. Taylor, Mitchell, and Dee
Suffer of Roanoke.
Saturday morning early they ven
tured forth from the boarding house
at Krotz Springs into the density of
the Achafalaya swamp. Huntsman
Carter placed the anxious sportsmen
on their respective stands and turned
the hounds loose in a likely thicket.
That might be called scene |. Scene
| II. The dogs jump a big buck, the big
gest ever seen in Louisiana woods
lin Arkansas they have much bigger
iones). With no thought but of the pur-
suing pack, Mr. Buck tore down
through the woods toward safety, CIV
| ing no thought of possible hunters
that might be waiting for chance to
end his long happy career. Beside his
path, the first big menace, stood Mr..
Zim Todd, armed with a small can
non, and he cut loose with three loads
of buck shot right into Mr.. Bucks
face, then pulled his gun barrel back
to let the buck pass. Thus suddenly
that for which Mr.. Todd had come all
the way to the woods had come and
gone, and with the vanishing buck
also vanished hopes.
The next obstacle in the path Of the
bucks mad rush to safety was Mr..
10. Lane (his friends call him Bravo).
Mr.. Lane had taken a stand on top of
a large stump, where there was no
chance of a surprise attack from bear
or panther. Here it is timely to note
that on the long trip up to krot2
Springs the day before Mr.. Lane had
entertained the party with stories OF
Ibis successful career as huntsman
hack in Arkansas, where he had killed
hundreds Of deer and had never miss
ed anything like an open shot. Nc
chance of him getting buck ague"-
inc. AS the big buck bore down on his
position through clearing he tool
careful aim and fired-once-justonce
what use for marksman of his rep
ute to waste more than one shot OF
a single buck-tearing big hole IL
Mr.. Bucks anatomy, so he said. Whe1
Mr.. Carter arrived on the scene Mr.
Lane was still (calmly) perched OF
the top of the stump and in answer II
an inquiry as to where the game wa'
he pointed on into the woods in thu
general direction which the fleeing
animal had taken. Mr.. Lane was yer.
calm tn say, but the big stump OF
whch@L- stood was trembling Ike
forest leaf.
: Those who are familiar with tn
hunt of course know exactly what haI
!. pened at the camp that night, tn
Escene in which Messrs. Todd and Ian
: lent over the back of chair, Will
( veteran hunter applied the leather
For the benefit of those who have nc
had woods experience we might el
plain that in cases of this kind Wher
a hunter shoots at buck and misse
him, or commits any one OF thou'
and other offenses, which tender
. foot is sure to commit, he is subjec
to three good healthy applications
i Leather on the tenderest part Of hi
q anatomy, a lesson which tends
i teach caution
r The hunters on the trip referred
o were, in spite of the above experience
a successful, bagging three deer. Fran
:, Cannon killed two Of these and J.
! Jones one.
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