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Goose Hunt Ends in Fatal Shot at Hughes Farm
The story recalls Nathan Emory Hughes on a Colorado River bend near Bateman Texas where an evening flock of geese leads to Emory’s nephew Andrew urging a shot. Emory retrieves a six shooter, fires, and a Canadian goose falls dead, ending the encounter with a fatal shot.
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C. W. Wimberley
Nathan Emory Hughes
Bateman
Texas
Uncle Emory
Colorado River
Colorado
Andrew Wimberley
Lydia
Emory
Andrew
Uncle Andrew