Two Locked Bucks, One Shot, and a Northport Hunting Tale
A Northport farmer found two whitetail bucks deadlocked by their antlers—one already killed by the other—and brought their heads to town.
Eli Wimovich, a farmer living near Northport, this week captured two deer with but a single shot. While hunting he came upon the two deer, which had recently been engaged in deadly combat and whose antlers had become interlocked, so that after one had killed the other by breaking his neck he himself was held a prisoner and was easily dispatched by Mr. Wimovich. Mr. Wimovich, unable to disconnect their horns, severed their heads and brought them into town and placed them on exhibition at a saloon, where they attracted much attention. Each is a five-point whitetail buck. The one that was dead had evidently just died, as his body was still warm. The skeletons of deer have been found with antlers interlocked in this county before, near Chewelah some 10 years since, but this is a remarkable prize, having been caught in action, with their beautiful heads fresh for mounting.—Chewelah Independent.
“He himself was held a prisoner and was easily dispatched by Mr. Wimovich.”
Locked antlers are a well-known wildlife phenomenon, but the 1908 account captures a moment when a freak of nature became saloon-front entertainment. Today such a find might draw a crowd to a local museum or social media feed rather than a Northport bar.
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