{"id":1074,"date":"2011-08-17T19:37:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T19:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2011-08-17T19:37:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T19:37:23","slug":"a-panther-fight-the-lively-times-they-have-out-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/?p=1074","title":{"rendered":"A Panther Fight &#8212; The Lively Times They Have Out in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"39c6668e916543b4a7bf784d6ba1971d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2182508389013555\";\r\n\/* Med-Banner *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5485677463\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oregon is the scene of a panther-slaying episode, which, as related by the Butler Creek <em>Enterprise<\/em>, is enough to make Fiction blush over the audacity of Truth. \u00c2\u00a0A settler living near Scott&#8217;s Mills set out to haul some cedar timber, being accompanied by children, a little rat-terrier, a Newfoundland dog, and a large-bore ritle. \u00c2\u00a0After leaving the main road a panther crossed the path and was quickly treed by the dogs. \u00c2\u00a0Obtaining a rest aim, he shot the beast dead. \u00c2\u00a0When he returned to the wagon the children pointed out another panther behind them in the path by which they had come. \u00c2\u00a0This one was treed and shot in the same manner, but sprang from the tree and ran a hundred yards before it fell. \u00c2\u00a0Proceeding some distance further, the little dog treed a panther two-thirds grown. \u00c2\u00a0No. 3 was shot dead. \u00c2\u00a0Before he had time to reload he heard the big dog barking at something about 200 yards off. \u00c2\u00a0On going there he saw the biggest panther he had ever seen &#8212; a very large female. \u00c2\u00a0She was growling and snapping her teeth at the dogs. \u00c2\u00a0It was difficult to get a good shot, but on firing she came down and ran off, the dogs following. \u00c2\u00a0She was next found on a stirrup about twenty-five feet from the ground. \u00c2\u00a0He shot again, but no vital part was struck. \u00c2\u00a0On looking for a bullet, he found that he had only half a bullet left with which to make a successful shot or lose his game. \u00c2\u00a0His patching was all gone as well, so he tore off part of the lining of his coat. \u00c2\u00a0Taking careful aim, he fired. \u00c2\u00a0The beast tumbled to the ground and was seized by the dogs. \u00c2\u00a0She had succeeded in tearing the scalp nearly off the big dog when death put an end to the struggle. \u00c2\u00a0No. 4 measured nine feet.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon is the scene of a panther-slaying episode, which, as related by the Butler Creek Enterprise, is enough to make Fiction blush over the audacity of Truth. \u00c2\u00a0A settler living near Scott&#8217;s Mills set out to haul some cedar timber, being accompanied by children, a little rat-terrier, a Newfoundland dog, and a large-bore ritle. \u00c2\u00a0After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[190],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uncledicksanimaltales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}