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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 reached here today, coming from Good land, where It Is reported that one man returned from a fishing trip to the Smoky Hill River with fifty five pounds of fish caught during the recent high water with a hook and line. Many Salinaites caught large num¬ bers of fish during the high water. 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