Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Mr. Cain of Galiano Island, British Columbia, had an exciting experience with some deer. While out in his boat for a row he noticed three deer swimming across Whaler’s bay. He gave chase and headed them up a narrow inlet, at the head of which was a steep bluff of rocks with a flat mud beach at the base. The deer made several attempts to jump to the top of the bluff, but were unable to do so. Mr. Cain watched his chance, and when the largest buck made a jump and fell back and rolled over he seized him by the hind leg and tried to hold him on his back until he could kill him with a pocketknife, which was the only weapon he had. He was not able, however, to open his knife, as it was a desperate struggle, which finally ended in the deer regaining his feet, when the whole three bolted off and scampered down the beach. Mr. Cain was left lying prostrate on the beach.