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about a quarter of a mile from 1 where the Slate and North Rivers fork, he saw Blue in the water waging a fight to the end with she 156-pound buck. Fighting in about two and a half feet of water. Blue would grab the deer's tail. The jerk would cause the deei to lose his balance, and his head would go under water. Losing his balance was one of the IF's of the story. After pulling the drowned deer from the water, Mr. Land found that he had been wounded in the right front leg several years ago. and although the leg had healed, ihe wound caused his leg and shoulder "to fade away." as Mr. Land said This fading away of leg and shoulder was’ apparently caused by the wound and disuse curing the healing period. Tired And Stiff Then. Mr Land ventured the ether IF. He noticed fur and /iesh caught in the 20-point rack on the deer's head, so he guessed that the buck had been chased the day before. For that reason, the deer might have been tired and stiff. Mr. Land said. If it hadn't been for these two seasons. Blue would never have laid a chance with ihe buck." lie said. But these circumstances were present, "and Blue did kill the deer—and that's the story. Third Peer According to the lack on that deer's head, he should have weighed about 250 pounds." Mr. Kind said. "But his leg and shoulder had faded away. He must have come from the moun tains. I don't think we have deer that large in this area. ’ John Whorley. one of Nick Lands neighbors, checked the deer in on his license. And the head of the deer is in the hands of taxidermist now. As rare as such a story about an animal's fight foi survival is, Nick Land's excitement had been tempered. Anri it wasn't because he didn't enjoy a good, hunting story, but this was 'lie third deer that he had seen caught in a river
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