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A Hunter’s Luck.

He Captured Two Large Eagles, One Alive and the Other Dead.
Kansas City Journal.
T. W. Wright, the well-known taxidermist, had quite a novel experience, Tuesday, which was not altogether without danger, but he was so fortunate as to escape injury, and his two trophies of his skill and prowess as momentous of the event. Mr. Wright is a skillful hunter, and on Tuesday was seven miles east of the city, and near the bank of the Missouri river, on the lookout for game suitable for preservation. While thus engaged, partly hid from view, a large eagle came hovering in range of his trusty double-barrel shotgun and he discharged one round, which brought the noble bird to the ground. Not wishing to risk braking its wings or legs by another shot, or otherwise disfiguring it for the taxidermist’s use, he refrained from shooting it a second time. Throwing his gun down, he ran to the wounded bird, seized it and was in the act of slitting its throat, when it gave a scream, and immediately he felt something strike him quite forcibly, and he fell to the ground. Great was his surprise when he found that another eagle, a companion bird, attracted by the fall and cries of its mate, had made an attack on him. The eagle remained on the ground for a few moments, fluttering around. He struck at it with a stick, when it flew upward. Mr. Wright felt assured from its movements that it was preparing for a second assault, and seized his gun, but not a moment to soon, for the infuriated bird, with its strong beak and talons, and propelled by its powerful wings, made a sudden sweep at him, when he discharged his gun, a portion of the shot taking effect in the wings, causing it to steer from its course and fall to the ground. The taxidermist ran and seized it when a desperate struggle ensued, lasting some little time, as he was desirous of securing the bird alive. Finally the eagle was worn out and he turned his attention to the first bird, which was dispatched. With his gun and the live and dead eagles all making a heavy weight, Mr. Wright started home, and has trophies of his exciting day’s sport safely cared for. He is not desirous of repeating the experience, as the capture of a slightly wounded eagle is no pleasant task, and attended with some danger.
The live eagle measures seven feet six inches from tip to tip of the wings, and the dead bird seven feet five inches. They are about as large specimens of their species as have ever been seen in this part of the country.

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