The Penn's Grove record., 1920-01-23
A Dear Deer Hunt


Jersey deer woods with the expectation
of making a cleanup.
The guide left about noon to make
p%reparatins and show the way. The
rest left about two o'clock and after
many blow-outs finally arrived where
he camp was supposed to be but
could find no guide. They decided to
pitch their tents and wait for their
leader. In the meantime Squirrel
cooked supper, but being his first at
tempt the potatoes were seasoned with
sugar instead of salt. After the meal
was over and camp settled away for
the night, in drove the guide with a
TRANCE lady Chauffeur which shows
Why he wanted to be the guide. He
had already found a doe" Upon ar
living at the camp he discharged his
Doe" and made her drive all the way
to Medford, twenty miles away, all
alone in a Ford.
As the sun came up next morning
"Dink," the guide, began placing this
bird here and that one there. The
drive was soon on and before long
shooting was heard. The ones driv-
ing wondered who could be the lucky
ones. Coming out of the woods it
was soon found that Howard Campbell
was trimming limbs off trees for
Christmas with his gun. This drive
was a failure and so another was
started.
On the second, shooting was heard,
and it proved that Squirrel" had let
a large deer look at him for five min
utes.' He finally fired his gun to scare
it away but for some reason accident
ally hit it in the neck. After paving
the ground it ran toward another
stand and "Dink" shot and brought
him to the ground. The deer soon
jumped up and ran off leaving a small
trail of blood. This was followed for
miles but was finally left, due to
darkness. The first full night in camp
all were entertained by Howard play
ing the Jews-harp and dad" singing
popular songs. dad" will soon be a
Mccormick rival if he practices in the
woods. A few jokes and then bed.
On Wednesday while on a drive
"Scrapple' saw a buck about fifteen
feet away. He quickly took off his
gloves, laid down his horn, unbuttoned
three pockets for shells, placed same
in the gun and was ready to shoot.
He aimed and fired both barrels, but
to his amazement the deer did not
fall dead. When the smoke cleared
away he found the deer must have
been at least a mile off when he had
fired. This night the mercury drop
nod InIun 70 +Jyo on1 oil ~, oo,,1J
hear was "O-Boy pussy cat" Early
next morning the tent caught fire and
in the excitement they proved to be
real firemen by getting more water
on each other than was put on the fire.
"Scrapple" received one whole bucket
full over his head.
On Friday a drive was made dur
ing the snow storm and the heaters
got lost. They wandered around
nearly all day and finally met two
other men, but they were also lost.
The four finally came across a road
and followed same to camp. There
they received the good news that they
were thirty-one miles from their
comrades. They had to hire a car to
take them back at a cost of twenty
dollars each.
They arrived at camp in time to hear
about a wonderful hunting trip that
George had in Yellowstone Park
where he guns for bears. If he had
no better luck out there than he did
here no bears were taken away with
him.
After another unsuccessful day
Saturday all wandered back to camp
one at a time and soon everybody was
in but "Dink." Next on the program
was to clean guns and pack up for the
homeward journey Sunday. While
cleaning the guns George accidently
cut two fingers and they decided to
have some fun with the missing mem
Der of the party. George went out
and allowed the blood to drop in spots
down the road. Soon "Dink" was
heard coming toward the camp and all
was excitement. They began to talk
about shooting at a deer right near
the tents and he ran off down the
road.
"Dink" Immediately got a lantern
and flashlight and started to follow
the drop of blood. After being gone
e"O IlOuIo iC Sdilc UdSh cIlpty
handed and soon found it was only a
little joke on him.
Early Sunday everybody was up and
soon broke camp with the slogan,
well get you next time" They ar
home about six o'clock Sunday
evening much to the joy of their wives
and children, admitting that the trip
contained much pleasure but it also
was the coolest ever.
They are planning to return next
fall. The party consisted of Messrs.
Walter deCamp, "Dink;" VIM. F.
Roberts, Squirrel" Clark Norton,
"Scrapple;" Howard Campbell, "Dad;"
Howard Campbell, Jr., George Vogel-