. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. â \l 176 lllo (iAMK KK NoinU AMMUK A. trusted to ;,'â¢> iilit'ad of you al't«'i'he has caught one or two cripided Ih-fr. and lew that can he iinpli<'itly trusted even at heel. Dous that aie peilectly ohedient about Habhits and other thiu;;'s tliat ^eueially make a fool of a coiuiuoii often become perfectly ('razv about I)eer. Ami if you (
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. â \l 176 lllo (iAMK KK NoinU AMMUK A. trusted to ;,'â¢> iilit'ad of you al't«'i'he has caught one or two cripided Ih-fr. and lew that can he iinpli<'itly trusted even at heel. Dous that aie peilectly ohedient about Habhits and other thiu;;'s tliat ^eueially make a fool of a coiuiuoii often become perfectly ('razv about I)eer. Ami if you (lout march upon the ^ame quite as fast as they think you to, or if you turn olF the scent top) around, lliey will often coududt' they know uiore than you do about it. and will take the jol» out of your hands, uidess y(»u tie them to your waist, and then they may break you half in two wheu you sl|(»ol. 1 liave knowu a few old dotrs, however, who coidd be trusted t(» p) alit'ad of you. and wh(» would point a Deer just as staunchly as they would a bird. Over such 1 have had ^rand sport shooting" Deer in the chaparral. This Ih'cr I'lM'ds luainly on the leaves and tender twigs of the ever<;i'eeu brush that forms tlie chajiarral; also upon various bushes found on more open ground, such as the sumac, scrub oak brush, and even live-oak leaves. It fv'eds l»uf Utile upon grass, though it occjisionally nibl)les green allilleria oi- clovei'. Hut it is quite fond of barley and wheat, when gret'u, and of the shoots of a long that grows on burnt ground. It also feeds on several low shrults ami herbs, such as wild buckwheat, wild alfalfa, etc. In the fall, it hccoiues a great ravager of vineyanls and gardens. It eats almost evt-ry kind of garden-stulF; but mi'lons. grapes. ;im<1 oilier goo(! things, it loves especially. It is very fund of the while muscat grapes, of which the best raisins are made, and some of the most easy and jtleasaui hunting
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