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Show Calif. Hunters Shoot "Old BlueSpeed'On Dixie Game Preserve Proof that St. George and the Dixie National Forest is coming in for wide-spread publicity is found in the following clipping taken from the Pomona Valley Weekly Tribune and sent in by one of the Veterans of the Veyo Camp. Doubting the veracity of some of the statements, a News reporter went to Bryan Lund, president of the Washington County Coun-ty Fish and Game association and asked him if he had heard of the fame of St.- George and the Dixie Forest's deer, or rather this particular deer, but he replied that so far as" he knew either some of the boys had been "feeding" some of the California hunters or that the said hunters were letting their imaginations get the best of them, or both. At any rate here is the story as published in the Pomona paper: King of Utah Forest Denizens is Shot by 4 Pomona Hunters Head of "Old Blue Speed," Long-Sought Long-Sought Buck, to be Mounted in C8ty Hall at St. George, Utah From the wilds of Utah four Pomona hunters had emerged today to-day with six deer and a tale of how they helped bring down "Old Blue Speed," a buck which natives na-tives of near St. George had been trailing for fifteen years. Ray Rust, D. H. Bybee, Milton Wright and E. B. Hughes returned re-turned here Tuesday with 900 pounds of venison, proof of a fruitful hunt near St. George. Rust and Bybee had a buck and a doe each to their credit, and Wright and Hugues, a doe apiece. "While we were in the wilds, we encountered 'Old Blue Speed,' a giant buck," one of the party said. "Natives estimated his age at thirty years. They said they had been hunting him for fifteen years. " 'Old Blue Speed' dashed past us while we were on our hunt. We shot, hitting the animal, but he hobbled on, disappearing in the dense growth." But the giant buck, shorn of speed by the Pomona hunters' shots, came too close to another hunter. There was a shot in the distance and "Old Blue Speed" went down. It' was the end of a long hunt for a forest king. When the buck was brought into St. George, one side of his horns had been torn away. There were eight points on his other horn, which made him a 16-point Duck. The local hunters had splintered the bone of a hind leg with their shots. Killing of "Old Blue Speed" caused no little amount of excitement excite-ment in St. George. Finally, the natives bought the head from the hunter. They declared they would mount the head and place it in the city hall. There it would remain so that they could tell their children the story of "Old Blue Speed." While on the hunt, Bybee fell into a canyon, landing on a nest of cactus. It is no wonder then, Bybee's friends point out, that with cactus needles still prodding him, and with two deer to show for the trip, the hunter returned 'all stuck-up." Wright is . known as "Doc" Wright since the hunt. It was he who worked untiringly to pick the cactus from Bybee's stinging skin. |
