. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 130 ORDEES OF MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS on the shore, or feeding in shallow water. Often the boat approaches so near a wonder-struck deer that to miss it is almost impossible. Still-hunting is the true sportsman's method of outwitting; deer which for keenness of eye, ear and nose, have, I believe, no superior in the. Photo, and copyright, 1902, by W. L. UNDEii\V(jOL>. YOUNG DEER. Showing the conspicuous ajipcarance of the tail when held erect. whole Family. One
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 130 ORDEES OF MAMMALS—HOOFED ANIMALS on the shore, or feeding in shallow water. Often the boat approaches so near a wonder-struck deer that to miss it is almost impossible. Still-hunting is the true sportsman's method of outwitting; deer which for keenness of eye, ear and nose, have, I believe, no superior in the. Photo, and copyright, 1902, by W. L. UNDEii\V(jOL>. YOUNG DEER. Showing the conspicuous ajipcarance of the tail when held erect. whole Family. One fine old White-Tailed buck killed by fair and square trailing and stalking is ec|ual to two mule deer or three elk. When first alarmed, the mule deer and elk are prone to halt from curiosity, and stare at the hunter for that fatal ten seconds which so often ends with a ringing "bang," and a fatal bullet. But not so the White-Tail. Tirne after time the trailing still-hunter, stealing forward ever so cautiously, sees ahead of him and far beyond fair rifle shot a sudden flash of white, a pillar of cloud swaying from side to side fjetween the tree- trunks, and the vanishing point of a scurrying White-Tail. This creature knows right well that as a discourager of cervine curiosity, nothing in the world equals a breech-loading rifle. When he hears behind him a rustle of dry leaves, or the snap of a twig, nothing else is so dear to him as space, judiciously distributed between himself and his pursuer. I have sometimes made so bold as to consider myself a fairly good deer- stalker; but I have still-hunted White-Tailed Deer in November, on dry leaves and without snow, when for days and days together I found it utterly impossible to come within fair rifle shot of a buck worth having. At such times, a light snow means a fair chance, and properly evens up the game. During the summer, while the antlers are in the velvet, the coat of this species is short, thin, and of a bright s
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