Show I Chatter Box Dear Suz Suzy These bow and arrow hunters have been called Robin Hood WlllIam William Wll- Wll liam Ham Tell Ten and even Cupid and it was Doc Alexander who portrayed the Cupid role with everything happily although the couple did not hot get married He relates a n confusing story o othe of the deer hunt In which he took part using both bow and arrow and a rifle He says they were camped west of Cove Fort and a about about about a- a bout daylight he stepped to the thedoor thedoor thedoor door of the tent to survey the scene and decide which to use that day the arrows or the rifle As he was skinning the horizon In Indian Indian Indian In In- dian fashion one hand shielding his eyes and the other holding uj up his shorts he spied a buck calmly grazing near the tent Doc had little little little lit lit- tle to decide at this juncture as he had the bow and arrow in the tent with him and his rifle was In the car To get his rifle meant he had hac to cross a clearing in which he was sure the buck would see him es especially especially especially es- es as he was dressed in ir shorts and undershirt which would make him very easy for the buck to see So Doc Doe grabbed the bow and arrow arrow arrow ar ar- ar- ar row caring little if his shorts shot down to his ankles and let drive with one of his trusty The Buck jumped eight feet In the theair air and fell dead with an arrow in his heart Doc dropped his bow and took off for the buck running rapidly rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly barefoot through prickly pears and cockle burrs soon had the buck buckin in hand and nd lusty was his In fact he war hoop was so loud that the remaining Indians on the Kanosh reservation started getting out their paint pots to ready themselves themselves themselves them them- selves for the war path Now Doc has a picture of himsel himself himself him him- self sel with the buck to prove his story but I would much prefer a picture of him dressed as close to Cupid as the law will allow an adult running through the dew- dew laden prickly pears In the light of dawn brandishing his trusty bow and calling mightily for eye witnesses wit wit-I nesses to please arrive and see the sight Doc does does' not his attire as what the well dressed bow and arrow hunter will wear when pursuing the deer as there is too much mental strain on the part of the hunter what with worrying worrying worrying wor wor- about bows arrows nocks nooks arm shields quivers etc and then to add to that hazard of losing ones shorts at any minute may proves too much He says hunters should stay more to the regular and more orthodox clothing even though they sacrifice a chance to get a big buck He also says that a pair of shoes is a must although going to the deer one does not notice the footing footing footing foot foot- ing but the return trip is very tryIng trying trying try try- ing on ones one's patience and of course his feet as well Church while complying with the law to fullest extent was left holding the sack by a buck when he was out hunting Dwight had knocked a big one down and went up to it to p put t on his tag He cut a slit in the bucks buck's ear and at attached attached attached at- at the tag as the fish and game commission states and when all was in ship-shape ship he went to cut the bucks buck's throat and the buck got up and ambled away leaving Dwight without another shot at the deer and also left him without his tag He isn't the only one with a red face though as every deer hunter to date has returned with an exceptional exceptional exceptional ex ex- ex- ex red face and it will take a lot of cloudy days for the men folk to grow a new and less red face Eldon is still wondering wondering wondering wonder wonder- ing how a dead animal can grow and grow even after It has been beer cleaned trussed up on sticks and part way back to camp He was up Manti ManU way hunting for deer when some hunters shouted that thata a bear was coming The other hunters hunters hunters hun hun- missed but Dead Eye Eldon knocked it flatter than had he run it through his mangle He and his pals cleaned it and each taking a corner started to camp Eldon says that when he first shot it they estimated its its' weight weigh at pounds but they struggled with it toward camp it grew soon to pounds and later to 1370 pounds and finally when they had hadit hadit it in camp it actually weighed 2114 pounds His story I like Uke the fisherman who when his new baby was bornand born bornand bornand and the doctor had forgotten his scales got out his fish weighing scales to the baby and found that it weighed 39 pounds and 14 ounces Anyway Eldon has the meat in ManU Mantl in cold storage hoping that the cold storage people forget who brought it in as he says that for four days he could smell but bear after cleaning It ft He has the hide in Salt Lake where it wll vU be made into a rug so that Eldon can have something nice to step stepon on when he gets out of bed morning morn morn- ing ings Hi His only problem left is what to do with the meat I suggest that he save it for the Wildlife steak fry in Oak Creek next year as those guys wont won't know wether they are eating steak pop corn or bear meat and it would be a good way to get rid of it The Wildlife holds deer hunters dance each year to make enough money to pay for the steak dinner in the spring so in this way they could get a cheap steak fry next spring and give a free dance next year If ever they did give a free deer hunters dance there wouldn't be anyone to it so they may as well go on charging The bear will be just an extra divi diVi- Nate Ward local hunting and fishing enthusiast and part time worker at the airport will be in inducted inducted inducted in- in ducted in to Society Society-of of Ditch Jumpers Jump Jump- ers Who Didn't Make It as soon as President Thora Petersen can call a meeting of this organization I Nate wil be taken in although strictly speaking he didn't qualify In the proper procedure Mr Ward went duck hunting on the opening day slay and in crossing a small body of water got his boots stuck in the mud and fell down on his lis knees filing his boots to the theop top op and wetting vetting himself thoroughly thorough- thorough ly Jy y in getting out This in itself was not enough to qualify him into the club As I said later he was wa standing standing stand- stand ing ng in about 2 feet of water when a auck Ruck flew over him making a anice anlee nice circle around our hunter Mr Ward followed the duck in flight wIth his gun and kept turning with It t until he had turned his body completely around leaving his boots firmly placed in the mud He lie shot hot and the recoil was suen that It t overbalanced Mr Ward and und he took ook a sitting silting position in the water which covered him with the excePt lon lion of 3 square Inches on the top of his hat IIa companions were so engrossed engrossed engros- engros sed ed in Mr Wards Ward's predicament that they hey failed to note whether or not he got the duck but that Is a minor manor min min- or r incident as Mr Ward after drying dry dry- ing ng out somewhat did get his limit of f ducks and returned horn homo for amore amore a amore more complete and satisfactory drying You can s set see from the above rEports re- re ports port orts that the life of a hunter is not a bed of roses Toots |