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Hunting Bears inTexas
The San Bernard bottoms, embrac
ing an area of about 30,000 acres in
Texas, are overrun with bears and
deer. It is claimed by experienced
bear hunters that there are more
bears in these bottoms than are to
be found in any other district of cor¬
responding size in the United States.
This fact is so well known to bear
hunters ail over the country that they,
come here in large numbers every
year to engage in the exciting sport.
William J. Bryan, John W. Gates,
Charles C. Glidden, of Boston, and
many others have tried their hands
at killing the big game in this natural
rendezvous of the black bear.
Bear hunting on the San Bernard
is carried on differently from the
usual manner of that sport, This is
due to the fact that the territory bor¬
dering on the San Bernard is an al¬
most impenetrable wilderness of wild
cane and brush, In order to make It
possible to get at the bears trails
have had to be cut through the dense
thicket. These trails are only about
three feet wide. They serve as pas¬
sageways for the bears and deer as
w<<1 as for the hunters. The trails
have to be cleared of new growth
every fall, just before the hunting
season begins.
Will Martin, who is the most noted
bear hunter of this section, attends
to keeping the trails open and to pre¬
paring the place for the onslaughts
of the hunters. Mr. Martin has about
eighty miles of bear trails cut, .and
he spends much of his spare time in
cutting new trails. He says that be¬
fore the end of the present winter
he will have 150 miles of trails cut
through the dense cane and brm‘h.
It is simply impossible to do ^ny
hunting away from these trails, ex¬
cept at occasional open spots. Mr.
Martin owns the best pack of bear
dogs in Texas, according to the state¬
ments of those who have hunted with
them. When they get on the trail of
a bear the hunters are assured of a
lively time, The dogs seem to know
instinctively where the hunters lire
posted, and they bring their quarry
past the places where shots may be
obtained.
There are also some good packs of
deer dogs in this section, and great
numbers of these animals have been
killed in the San Bernard bottoms
during the present open season.
The fact that the bear hunting
must practically all be done in the
narrow trails that have been cut
through the underbrush has led to
some exciting encounters with bears.
Three or four years ago, John W.
Gates, the Wall Street magnate, came
down here with a party of Eastern
sportsmen for the purpose of killing
a few bears. Mr. Gates refused the
service of a guide and started to fol¬
low one of the bear trails alone. He
was armed with a rifle and a hunting
knife. He had not penetrated the
thicket more than a few hundred
yards when at a sudden turn in the
trail he came face to face with a big,
black bear. Mr. Gates and the bear
were within five or six feet of each
other when they received the first
hint of each other’s presence. Mr.
Galtes is large of physique, and the
bear likewise was of such big propor¬
tions that it would have been a diffi¬
cult thing for him to turn around in
the narrow trail. It is a rare thing
for a black bear to lead in an attack
upon a man, but in this instance the
animal evidently thought that it must
get by Mr. Gates in order to escape.
It reared upon its hind legs and came
at Mr. Gates at a rate of speed that
gave the latter no chance to turn and
back track on the trail. The hear
was too close to use his rifle to ad¬
vantage, and Mr. Gates drew his
hunting-knife and met the onslaught
of the bear with a cool and deter¬
mined hand. At the same time, he
shouted for help. The bear got in one
cuff on the body of Mr. Gates with its
big left paw, but before it could give
another blow Mr. Gates had given it
a death stab in the region of its heart.
The animal dropped to the ground
and Mr. Gates followed up the first
stab with several more in order to
make sure that it was dead. Just as
he was finishing his bloody work, sev¬
eral members of the hunting party,
who had heard his cries for help,
rushed single file up the trail and
"were in at the finish. Mr. Gates was
laid up for a few days as a result of
the injury which he received from the
blow of the bear. The animal v/eighed
400 pounds.
William J. Bryan killed two bears
on his last hunting trip in the San
Bernard bottoms, two or three years
ago. Mr. Martin had everything in
readiness for Mr. Bryan’s visit. He
had the pack of bear dogs out for
several days before the entry of Mr.
Bryan to the hunting grounds and
the bears had been driven over to a
particular locality of the bottoms
where they awaited Bryan’s coming,
Mr. Bryan was accompanied by a
guide and the two men saw many
more hears than the distinguished
Nebraskan killed. Ex-Governor J. S.
Hogg, who took great pleasure in
bear hunting, accompanied Mr. Bryan
on that trip to the San Bernard bot
to ms.
Exciting experiences of bear hunt¬
ers have not been lacking since the
present season opened. C. V. Snell,
who lives near Delmn, Texas, over on
the Sabine River, came down to Col¬
umbia, Texas, several days ago, and
went overland from that place to San
Bernard bottoms, where he estab¬
lished a camp. He had a pack of
bear dogs with him. lie said that he
had hunted bear in the canebrakes
along the Sabine River for many
years and that his dogs were un¬
equalled when It came to rounding up
bears. Mr. Snell refused the services
of the professional hunters here¬
abouts, who offered to pilot him
through the winding trails and take
him to the habitat of the bears. He
said that he was well used to river
bottoms and could get along all right
without any help except that which
would be afforded him by his dogs.
The first thing that Mr. Snell did
when they got in the labyrinth of
trails was to get lost. He wended his
way through the maze of trails for
two days and nights and it was only
by mere chance that he got out alive.
Toward the close of the second day
he heard a shot near by, and gping
toward the location of the sound he
came upon a hunter who brought him
out of the wilderness. His pack of
dogs had stayed with him through
all of the long hours. They were
likewise half-famished for food and
water. Mr. Snell rested up for a few
days, and then made another visit
into the bottoms after bears. He
was accompanied by a guide this
time. The dogs routed out a big bear,
and it was cornered by the pack in
one of the narrow trails. Before Mr.
Snell could reach the spot and get a
shot at the animal It had killed three
of his best dogs, and would prob¬
ably have finished the others If a
bullet from the guide’s rifle had not
put an end to its existence. Mr. Snell
was so disgusted with his experiences
In hunting bears in these bottoms
that he broke camp and returned to
his home on the Sabine.
Rufus Carlton, of Walnut Springs,
Texas, came down here a few days
ago, and went into bottoms to hunt
bears. He was out but a short time
when he came in sight of a bear which
was lumbering along ahead of him
in one of the trails. Mr. Carlton got
up close to the animal and killed it
at the first shot. It weighed 400
pounds dressed.
“Bud” Smith, of Groveton, Texas,
had a thrilling experience with a
she-bear in the bottoms a few days
ago. He was hunting deer and was
not thinking about any other kind of
animal at the moment, when he sud¬
denly heard a crashing sound behind
him. He turned quickly and saw a
big bear coming directly at him. The
animal was mad all over—that fact
was plain to be seen by the snarl that
twisted her lips. Mr. Smith showed
rare coolness under the circum¬
stances. He levelled his gun at the
animal and took careful aim. The
bullet struck a vital spot. It is sup¬
posed that the cubs of the maddened
animal were somewhere in the vicin¬
ity, and that she was trying to protect
them. This animal weighed 370
pounds dressed. Mr. Smith killed
five deer during his week’s hunt in
the bottoms.
“Buck ague” Is a minor ill as com¬
pared with the terrible feeling that
comes over the novice hunter when he
meets his first bear. A man may be
ever so hardened and experienced at
hunting deer and other wild game,
but his nerve leaves him when he
comes face to face with bruin in these
wilds. Many amusing stories are told
here of experiences of this nature.
Thomas Jackme.n and Joe Burns, both
of Austin, went into the San Bernard
bottoms recently on a bear hunt.
They are both crack shots, and have
killed deer by the score. They had
never hunted bears, but they thought
it would be an easy matter to kill one
of these animals wherever they found
it. They were standing near together
in a little clearing in the bottoms
listening and watching to see what
kind of an animal was making the
cane breaking noise a few yards off
to the right. Thera suddenly loomed
up in front of them a monster black
bear. The animal did not seem to
notice the two men. It passed direct¬
ly in front of them. Trotting behind
her were three half-grown cubs. The
cubs took advantage of the open space
to play a few antics, and one of them
actually ran between the legs of Mr.
Jackman, according to the story
which he told when he returned to
camp. The two hunters stood there
with the guns in their hands and
neither one of them seemed to realize
that they were hunting bears until
the animals had passed out of sight
into the thicket on the other side of
the clearing.
“I can't explain what was the mat
ter with me, Mr. Jackman said after¬
ward. “I think I must have been
paralyzed for the time being. And to
think that one of them cubs had the
audacity tc run right between my
legs! I feel the disgrace keenly; I
admit that.”
These two hunters each killed a
bc*ar the next day.— Kansas City Star,
Fishing In Whoat Fields.
The latest fish story of the year
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Many Salinaites caught large num¬
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