The Coconino sun., 1924-10-10
DOG SKEERED OF DEAD
BUCK NOT AFEARED OF
LIVE MOUNTAIN LION


The neatest bag SO far made by any
Flagstaff hunters was that in Bar
ney pasture last week by a quintette
who landed back in town Sunday after
four days with five big bucks, ten wild
turkeys and two mountain lions, one
of the latter being ANONYMOUSLY
hauled in wearing muzzle and fet-
terS.
This young cat, female weighing
80 pounds or so, has been the sole
occupant of Hugh TilIman's woodshed
for the last several days, where, chain
ed to a piece of steel driven into the
ground, she seems to enjoy Hugh's fire.
quent visits and the tugs of war, she
on one end of bamboo pole and he
on the other. She is fast tanning and
was held pending the arrival of the
circus. She was to be given an OPP
portunity to join it; in case she didn't
she was to be killed.
The quintette was composed of
Hugh, Ira Dougherty, M. j. Pilking-
ton, Jack Peasants and Charlie Mil
Ter, the four first-named all local au-
tomobile men. Charlie is a Kendrick
Park rancher since he stopped hunting
big game for Uncle Sam.
The captured lion was one Of sew
eral cubs who with their mother was
scared up by Miller's dogs. One,
little wire-haired terrier, treed the
mother and the one cub. The former,
a big red cat weighing about 200
pounds, was shot. Miller then climbed
the tree and lassoed the cub, dragging
it down and snubbing it to the tree un-
til the muzzle was on and the feet Sc
curely tied. The youngster fought
"like wildcat"
An amusing side-light on dog phi
losophy was afforded by Hugh's small
year-old bulldog. The first buck that
was brought in was given one long
agonized look by the bulldog, who let
out terrific howl and ran off
through the woods over hill, shrek
ing at every jump. Five hours later,
while they were eating, one of the fell
lows spotted the dog peeking at them
over a big log some distance away.
They called him and he slowly came
to them, then lunged with desperate
anger at the dead buck and they had
a hard time keeping him from swal-
lowing it whole right there.
But when the lassoed cat came down
out of the tree, Miller's lion-wise dogs
kept circling around, keeping we'll out
of reach. Not so the bulldog. He
sailed right in and got the cat, which
weighs more than twice as much as
he does, by a hind paw. She cuffed
him loose, without scratching him. He
dove back between her front legs and
fastened to her throat. The men,
knowing there would be no more bull
dog in a minute unless they separated
the combatants, were closing in, when
the cat did a flip-flop and threw the
dog away from her. The dog was then
kept away from his dangerous foe.
jim Tillman Of Flagstaff and L. G.
Spencer and Frank Sawyer of Phoe-
nix, near Mule springs below Mormon
lake after deer, compromised on al
mountain lion. 1t weighed more than
200 pounds. Jim put the first shot
into the big cat and the other two each
nicked it.
Pete Solberg, Joe Tissaw, Jack Fuss.
Ole Hansen, Dock Wyatt and one of
the Fish boys got three turkeys in the
Kendrick mountain park section.
John Akers got two turkeys, Ed
Miller two, Frank Chisholm, Clarence
Pulliam and DIR. A. j. Mackey together
brought home five, Lou Kelly got one,
Wild Raudebaugh one.
Rev. J. w. Saunders of the Chris
tian church got two turkeys. ]. r.
Nichols got buck at Rogers Lake
and Joe Moritz one at Spring Valley.
A. E. Nelson, employee of the Flag
staff Lumber Co., got big black bear
last Friday at Kendrick mountain.
w. D. Draine and George R. See
each got turkey.