FIGHT WITH DEER

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 223, 19 April 1933, Page 5

FIGHT WITH DEER

o Wounded Beasl Attacks Stalker >i HAND SEVERELY GASHED. Auckland, April 18—An unusu- ; al experience befel Mr. J. Humph- , reys, of Gordonton, while he was ; hunting Japanese deer in Kai- i manawa Ranges. He was stalk- j ing a Japanese buck which was approaching in his direction. The j only part of the deer's body he j could shoot at was the top of the shoulder. He fired, and the ani- « mal dropped. ;

Mr. Humphreys thought he had killed the animal. The shot, however, had only temporarily paralysed it, for when he reached it the deer rose to its feet and attacked him. The hunter grasped the deer's antlers and a struggle between man and beast followed. He managed to press the deer's head down add forced the antlers into the ground. He reached for his knife with the idea of stab-, bing the deer in the heart, but the animal again forced its head up. In the struggle, Mr. Humphreys received a severe gash across the palm of his right hand. Eventually the stalker got the deer in a position, which enabled him to inflict a mortal knife wound. Mr. Humphrey's companions were stalking on another ridge, and the light was over before they came td> the scene of the conflict. I An examination shewed that Mr. Humphrey's bullet had shattered tha bones on the top of the animal's shoulder, i