The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-10-22
Trailing the Wild
Kooteudi;
WITH G.. A. P.
WITH G. A. P.
Some Fun, Some Fiction
Some Fact

They say that some of the boys
have already "brung in their buck,
but as was mentioned above, we
must have passed the buck" some
where among the jungles that are
the beautiful Cabinet range.
We give you this story because
we really think it may be worth
something to some misguided soul
who thinks that about all one has
to do is to go out and, Bang! And
bring home your deer.
That is not true. 1t was well prov
en- last Sunday when your scribe
tried that little stunt. But that is
a little ahead of the yarn, SO it
may be better to turn back to where
the good advice started in for
would-be deer hunters.
1t is just possible that this tale
may save some luckless Citizen the
experience of getting up early in
the morning-When the bed is SO
soft and SO warm, and charging out
upon nature when it really is raw
and hasn't showed any signs of
getting mild or of warming up.
To get at things, that is what
your feeble minded correspondent /
did The yearning to get out IN
] the wide open spaces and bag a
deer-(just like that)-became too
strong, and as much as the narrator
loves his sleep of early mornings, I
the call of the wild became too
great and he yielded to its bidding.
No use going into each and every
little detail, but there are some
things about deer hunting that the
uninitiated should know First, |
catch yourself deer when he is
just little fellow. Bring him home
and raise him right feed him well
and take care of him Then when
hunting season opens and you feel
that urge to defy nature and go out
and climb mountains, drive down
gullies, thresh through the brush,
collect tamarack needles in your
shirt collar and so forth, you can
just set your alarm for early in the
morning, get up, take your trusty
fielding piece and 60 to your corral
and blow down your own deer and
go on back to bed and get some
sleep.
That's the easy way, not much
fun maybe, but it saves lots Of wear
and tear on the physical being. It
also saves ones faith in nature and
you don't get SO blamed tired.
No fooling, just how do people
90 about finding deer2 1t is adj
United that yours truly knows but
little about deer hunting One thing
I probable is that person must be
: smarter than the deer to hope to
: catch him. but we tried everything
An Indian would have sounded like
brass band in one Of his most
sneaking moments alongside of this
, hunter as he stole along through
canyons, gulches and mountains. We
sat down and thought it over What
J could we be doing that was Wrong2
i Maybe the deer were mad about
something, but despite our brain
4 Wracking we could think of nothing
we had ever done to a deer-at
4 least TO the deer kind We even
tried hiding the gun in the pants
leg so the vcnison would not see
5 it. That didn't work, either. So
that afternoon, long after all 9TH
or hunters were back home and en-
loying good dinners, we homeWard
2 went our way, weary, bedraggled,
Q tired, but much the wiser We are
not going to do it any more
We know a man who enjoys what
might well be called the ultimate
in human faith He has small
daughter who is just certain that by
kissing the spot where she happens
6 to get hurt all pain will Immediate
!. ly stop. The child really believes
+ that, too, and has demonstrated the
same many times. What we started
to say, though was that the little
d one had her dad plumb stumped
J for a remedy when she sat on pin
recently and called for the usual
= first aid remedy.
q More than two dozen young Japs
were taken from an east bound train
here last week and escorted to d
>, local cafe where they were served
'e full meals Of ham and eggs with al
the trimmings. Not SO bad, con-
sidering everything Wonder how
= many Of our war prisoners are per.
t mitted to walk about the streets o
at Tokyo unescorted, and how many
j do you suppose, are furnished biz
= stomach-filling meals? Not many
we'll bet. Such is the differene,
IS between a civilized people and TIN
a. idol-worshipping heather races.
IT A standard non portable type
O. writer contains enough aluminium
for % magnesium incendiary bombs
enough rubber for pair of rub
gy Der boots for the Army.