Hunting Story
(continued from page 5)
open so I would have free shoot
ing and in case my first shot only
crippled him I would have him
where I could easily get another.
I got set for shooting and
watched him advance closer and
closer. What a thrill! I had wait
ed so long for this moment! He
kept coming toward me, scenting
far to the left and l ight trying
to locale me. I decided he was
getting close enough so I raised
my gun and fired. My aim was
for his breast but in his swaying
I must have struck him in the
shoulder. He went down, but got
up like a fury and started through
the alders toward me. Bear pay
no attention to obstructions like
alders when in a hurry or wound
ed The brush parted like the
wheat before a dog running in
the field. It was difficult fer me
to see the bear but I fired five
shots, not sure of the outcome.
At that moment the dog, Hex,
thought it was time to see what
the shooting wa< ab >ut. He rush
ed into the moving alders, and
bear growled and lunged after
him. Hex -an up over a bank
with the bear a few feet away
By that time I had reloaded and
the bear carm into the open just
before going out of sight. I stood
in my tracks watching for him
to reappear I heard snorting and
growling, but did not follow the
bear. Too often hunters have
followed a wounded bear and
been severly mauled, or killed.
The dog must have been fright
ened as he did not show up for
ten minutes.
I walked over to where I made
the first shot, and there was
blood and then I began to follow
his trail. As I continued I saw
he bled all up the mountain side
and through the snow. I followed
until the snow was waist deep
and because the chase was so
slow I decided on tun to the
boat. Robert had become sicker,
so we had to re urn without my
bear.
That summer 1 went to the
States, and how l hated to say
‘ No luck! ’ w hen I met my hunt
ing friends outside I was all the
more deterni nd to get a bear
(In the next and concluding
installment Wiseman tells how
his “luck” changed.)
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Boy Scouts Hike
To Beaver Lake
The scouts of the Swallow Pat
rol of Boy Scout Troop No. 62,5
of Kodiak were taken on a hik
ing trip by Eagle Scout Austin
M. Burton to Beaver Lake last
Sunday.
Scouts taking part in the com
bination trek and test passing
outing were Jack Conley, Bill
Taylor, Patrol Leader; Billy
Anderson, Assistant Patrol Lead
er; Edward Sandstrom, Andrew
Anderson, and Milton Paganio.
At Beaver Lake preparations
were made for the building of the
Boy Scout lodge, and several
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were passed. Those passing tests
were Bill Taylor who successfully
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class cooking. Milton Paganio
passed both 2nd class cooking
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Jack Conley and Edward Sand
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the their 2nd class cooking tests.
Austin M. Burton, camping
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troop No. 62c, announces
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trips will occur at regular inter-1
vals thruout the summer to af
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and advancement for the boys.
Before, being connected with
Kodiak troop No. 625 Mr. Bur
ton was active with scouting
both at Washirgton State Col
lege and the University of Wash
ington where he was affiliated
with Alpha Phi Omega, the na
tional scouting service fraternity
which consists of those receiving
the highest rank in scouting, the
Eagle Scout rank.
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