. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 336 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME four or five inches of them. I could not tell the jrood acorns by looking? at tliem or by Smelling them but had to test them by wei<Tht, but the mule deer knoAV their acorns. Many of the does hunted for acorns at the margins of melting snow banks (see Fig. 131). In eating acorns, the deer pick them up daintily taking care that no gravel, sticks or stones are included. The acorn is then munched carefully
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 336 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME four or five inches of them. I could not tell the jrood acorns by looking? at tliem or by Smelling them but had to test them by wei<Tht, but the mule deer knoAV their acorns. Many of the does hunted for acorns at the margins of melting snow banks (see Fig. 131). In eating acorns, the deer pick them up daintily taking care that no gravel, sticks or stones are included. The acorn is then munched carefully aiul in from 30 to 60 seconds tlie hull or outside covering is droi)ped, sometimes in two or three large pieces, but usually in several smaller ones. The meat of the acorn is then chewed into a fine pulp and swallowed. Old bucks appear to be most appreciative of acorns. Fig. 131. Man,\- deer hunt in late winter meUing snow banlts, as here shown. Dixon No. 1. for fallen acorns at the margins of Yosemite, January 30, 1929. J. S. but does and fawns spend considerable time hunting for them under snow and dead weed stalks (see Fig. 132). If they get their nose within four inches of an acorn they usually locate it, but at times they miss good acorns in plain sight within a foot of their nose. I found that buck brush (C. cuneatns) is utilized heavily by mule deer in winter when heavy snows crowd them down into the lower winter range. Yerba santa is likewise largely browsed at this season, many of the bushes being stripped of all their leaves and even all of the twigs and shoots to the size of a lead pencil are eaten. ]\Iost of the yerba santa bushes are not browsed on to any extent until heavy snows. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Comm
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