CHARLES L. YOirNGBLOOD. 63 



months, and as I averaged killing about six 

 deer- to his one I ceased to look upon him as 

 a "world beater.'' After we had hunted there 

 a tew weeks a man came to our camp to sec 

 us. One day during his visit he was in con- 

 versation with Armstrong and asked him what 

 kind of a hunter I was. Armstrong said I was 

 a poor shot, but the luckiest killer he ever saw. 

 Shortly afterward he came to me and asked 

 me "what for a hunter" Armstrong was. I 

 told him that Armstrong was a very good 

 hunter but was just about the poorest killer I 

 ever was acquainted with. He broke out in 

 a hearty laugh, and then told me what Arm- 

 strong had said about me. 



We had not been there long when we dis- 

 covered that there were animals in the locality 

 other than deer, especially mountain lions and 

 panthers. These animals will generally be 

 found in almost all places frequented by deer, 

 on which they chiefly subsist. They climb 

 a tree which has a limb extending over a path 

 used by the deer, or conceal themselves 

 behind something near the path, and as the 



