CHAPTER XII: THE CHAMPION 'COON 

 HUNTER'S STORY 



WHEN THE CORN WAS ON THE EAR AND THE WOODS 

 WERE PULIi OF 'coons. AN OLD-TIMER TELLS OF A 

 RECORD 'coon HARVEST. SHOOK THEM OUT OF A 

 TREE JUST LIKE APPLES. HAS SOMETHING TO SAY 

 ABOUT DEER HUNTING, TOO, AND HOW HE ONCE SHOT 

 A DEER OVER HIS SHOULDER. NEVER MISSED A SHOT. 

 FOLKS IS MIGHTY UNBELIEVIN'. 



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