Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-03
KlEIs DEER WITH KNIFE
Conway Hunting Party Has Some In
tercstins Experience.

terestins Experience.
',Some highly interesting stories of
the experience of hunting party
from Conway which recently spent
some days on the splendid preserve on
Black river of John T., Shelly of Aynor
are being told: Ten or ~ men en-
joyed successful hunt in which three
deer and one fox were basged.
The fox perished early in the day.
Tom SINNERS fine pack of hounds
augmented by some deep chested
leather lunged, iron muscied dogs from
Aynor' and Mullins, made short work
of the gray coated Reynard. That
was merely tuning and limbering for
the graver work Of the day.
Several hours passed without Incl
hent. Members of the party patrolled
their solitary Q stands, smoked and
-nrunched-apries.: As the afternoon
ewore along Etfieretcame ore or two pre-
,iminarS ,yelps, from members of the
oacktas a cold trail was struck. Then
without warning bedlam broke loose.
rhe Red Bone hound from a famous
Kentucky kennel and an old blue spot
ted hound which has led Mr.. SINNERS
pack for years opened up on some
heavy bass work. Two red spotted
hounds from Mullins joined in and A.
nally the entire pack combined forces
in one grand crescendo of sound as
TWO large does and a yearling fawn
were startled into wild flight,
Hunters on various stands through.
out the woods began TO catch gllrnpses
of three dun coloyed streaks that swept
over the brush with express train
speed. Guus began to speak, belching
forth their leaden pellets and the two
loes crashed to earth. But the yearl-
ing fawn went untouched. Past three
stands he went, little larger than q
jack rabbit but ten times as swift and
Shree times he #eaged k.s way through
the hail of buckshot, directed at him.
Finally with the pack at his heels he
:cok d straight course t5r. the Con-
way-Georgetown public road.
w. A. St.lly Of Conway Occupied q
stand ON this road. Mr.. Silly Is tall.
Tall does not describe him. He is
elongated, attenuated. The gun across
his shoulders from q distarGe of 900
yards looks more life cross arm. than
q firearm. A half mile away Mr.. Silly
heard the advancing pack end knew
hat some kind of deer was being
borne down on him. He took the GUS
tomary and approved position for deer
shooting. heels together, toes out, shin
up gun on shoulder, both barrels
cooked and the right forefnger oii the
.rigger on the right hand barrel. He
seemed to be trying his best to- look
like Daniel Boone or William S. Hart
and gave a very impressive perform
lnce, according to- eyewitnesses
whose testimony may be relied on.
He was ALI set. He might have posed
fer an illustration Of 'Elre when you
are ready, GridleS" 80. 81,
Nor 4had, he llong. to wait" Forty
Yards away he saw the deer in a three
foot ditch parallel to the road and
coming his way. with all sails flying
Mr.. Silly. knew what he was on his
stand for and Immediately went into
lction: The right hand barre tore a
.arge hole in the, side of the ditch
1ank and OFF a,sapling, but the. fawn
lid not falter or turn In his course.
Mr.. Silly threw down his gun as
thing not to be relied on and from his
light hip pocket be Dashed z wicked
i2 ealibre Smith & Wesson, ard with
his he opened o.: the: deer's back
as he passed by in the ditch. Five
outlets were fired and three took effect,
but there were still signs Of life and
Mr.. Silly jumped into the ditch,
caught the young buck and brought
his tobacco slicer into play on the
jugular. Which ended the hunting for
that particular buck. When the mem
bers Of the party arrived the buck was
lying on the roadside with the Silly
gun, pistol and knife crossed on the
PROSTATE form while Mr.. Silly stood
with his right foot on the neck of the
animal. It was an inspiring tableau.
John. Burroughs has nothing on the
subject, but it Is believed that the
most distasteful thing about tile whole
business to the deer was that he
should have come to his end by the
common or green variety OF weapons
employed.
The moral is: Even in these dry
times on a hunt 1t is well TO haze
something on the hip.