| Show BATTLE WITH A WILDCAT Wisconsin Youth In Desperate Encounter Encoun-ter Finally Overcomes Beast Lndysmlth Wis While hunting north of this city Walter and Otto Schroeder and an exciting and san gulnary battle with a monster wildcat wild-cat Otto was trailing the cat with three trained hounds when Walter stationed on a log saw tho cat coming directly toward him Ho was armed with a doublebarreled shotgun loaded with buckshot and In his excitement ho discharged both barrels at the cat at once Instead of only one as ho intended In-tended to The recoil of the I piece I knocked him off the log onto his back Before he could regain his feet the cat was upon him and a desperate fight ensued Walter clubbed his gun and at tho first swing broke tho bane from the stock Seizing the barre the man punched and belabored the wildcat In desperation until the dogs camo up and then tho cat turned his attention to them Cat nnd dogs rolled and tumbled spitting growling I growl-ing and yelping The mon watched their chanco and finally dispatched the cat with a few well directed blows on mite head One of tho dogs ears was found to be literally torn to shreds anothc had nn eye gouged out and the third was Badly scratched and torn The gun barrel shows evidence of the encounter en-counter by numerous teeth marks and scratches The men escaped with a few slight scratches and torn clothes The cat weighed EC pounds nnd was tho largest ever killed In this vicinity It will bo mounted and kept as a souvenir sou-venir of the liveliest time the men ever had In the woods |
