CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



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On May 23, Deputy G. 0. Laws and I went early to the large lick 

 about two miles clown Trinity Eiver from the town of Helena. We 

 seated ourselves about thirty-five yards away, but in plain sight of the 

 approach and the hillside in the background. After waiting for some 

 time we were rewarded, not only by seeing ten deer within good range 

 along the hillside, but also had the pleasure of having two does come 

 to the lick and spend several minutes there. We attempted to photo- 

 graph them, but the early morning light was not sufficient to make the 

 pictures successful. It was only after we had stood up to take the 

 third photograph that the deer became sufficiently frightened to leave 

 the lick. Even then they did not run, but simply walked back up the 

 hill. The sand next to the river showed that large numbers of deer 



Fig. 



Doe at deer lick on ITaj'fork River in Trinity Game Refuge. 

 H. C. Bryant. 



Photograph by 



had been at the lick during the night. All of the deer seen at close 

 range were does ; tracks also indicated a large percentage of does. 

 When about to leave, four deer came over the hill and started toward 

 the lick, but they ''winded'' us before they had gone half way down 

 the hill, and turned back. 



A trip, in company with Mr. Shock, to the numerous licks along 

 Hayfork River, about ten miles from the town of Hayfork, gave even 

 better results. One large lick inspected (Sulphur Spring) had been 

 used during the night, and it was evident that a number of deer had 

 been frightened away upon ''winding" us. Even so early in the year 

 trails were cut three and four inches deep. The tracks here indicated 

 a large percentage of bucks. 



Farther down the river, we seated ourselves on the bank of the river 

 opposite what local residents have often termed the "Big Lick." We 

 had been there less than five minutes when two deer appeared and spent 



