PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 a ball or a shot touched him. The dog was giv- 

 ing him a very close chase and when his toung- 

 ing suddenly ceased I knew what had happen- 

 ed. A moment later I had my hunting knife 

 into the buck's neck long before the firstclass 

 deer hunter came up. Then the question was. 

 who shot the deer. On examining it, it was 

 found that he had been hit in the shoulder by 

 one buck shot, from my first shot, on the first 

 rourfcd as he was running right side to me. fie 

 ran until he tumbled over. The three of us had 

 fired nine shots and I learned afterwards it was 

 the same deer that had passed three hunters 

 and that there had been ten shots fired at it be- 

 fore it reached us, making in all nineteen shots 

 in less than ten minutesand only one bullet had 

 pierced his hide. Bad shooting secured for us 

 lots of excitement and fun. A reminiscence I 

 shall always remember. There are a class of 

 hunters that have a faculty of forgetting their un- 

 pleasant experiences and exaggerate their joys 

 and success. We divided the game with the 



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