Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Jay Bunchof Aberdeen, Wash., had an experience recently that bids fair to rival Roosevelt’s coyote yarn. Bunch is a flier at Larkin Bros.’ logging camp on the Wishkah, and with a friend and several dogs started out to find a bee tree. They had not gone far when the dogs started up a bear. Bruin took refuge in the top of a tree, but he was finally dislodged, and one of the dogs managed to get a good hold on the animal’s ear and hung there. Bunch had no other weapon than a jackknife, but he got it in working order and commenced the hand to hand battle. He struck the bear about forty times, finally severing his jugular vein, and Bruin, weak from loss of blood, gave up the fight. The bear’s hide was literally punctured with holes around the throat. The animal weighed about 300 pounds.