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...piney woods of East Texas, deer hunting is a way of life. The natives, hard, stern men, pursue deer after their own local, brutal fashion, behind powerful, lop-eared hounds. "Five, ten miles ain't no area for a big deer to carry the dogs," drawls R. C. Pace, former sheriff of Jasper County. "Once I had one run twelve hours. You can go a long way in twelve hours...
...deerslaying goes on all year long, without regard to game wardens, rules or seasons, bucks or does. "We get in fights," says a native, "get drunk, and go hunting. Nobody's going to stop us from doing any one." The deer hounds are a source of endless controversy between hunters and local cattlemen. "It's a commonplace," says Dr. Joe Dickerson. "Get more fights over dogs than women...
...Cooper's dialogue, written in the days before Mark Twain cleared the air ("Manifest no distrust," says their escort to two beautiful girls wandering through Indian-infested forests, "or you may invite the danger you appear to apprehend"). Cooper still stands out as master of action-Indian wars, deer hunts, sleigh rides, combat with wild beasts, the spring run of bass-action in which the great American wilderness is always a majestic participant. There is the bold Delaware brave Chingachgook, father of Uncas. Above all, there is Natty Bumppo. Shooting out a turkey's eye at 100 yards...
Jawaharlal Nehru was 65 last week; among his presents were two spotted deer (Chinese symbols of longevity), two red-crested cranes and 100 goldfish from Red China's Chou Enlai...
...Austrian length of the Danube was partly under water, damage to adjoining cropland was estimated at $20 million, and 200 bridges were out. On the German-Austrian border a dam was blown up to prevent further flooding, and at one spot on the Danube, the bodies of 200 deer, 300 rabbits and 800 pheasants were washed ashore...