THE WHITE-TAILED OR VIRGINIA 

 DEER 



THOUGH the American sportsman still 

 can enjoy in some districts, as an inherit- 

 ance from prehistoric times, the pursuit 

 of the majestic moose, and though the lordly elk 

 still awakens the echoes in many of our mountain 

 ranges with his challenging call, the game in 

 which the great majority of hunters are pre-emi- 

 nently interested is the elusive white-tailed deer, 

 which is found in all the states except California, 

 Nevada, Oregon, and Delaware, and because to 

 bring it down demands, to say the least, no less 

 skill than is required in the pursuit of its larger 

 relatives. 



Though, under ordinary conditions, a single 

 track of any other animal is nearly sufficient to 

 ascertain the species or variety, the case is differ- 

 ent /where white-tailed and mule deer are con- 

 cerned that is, if they inhabit the same locality; 

 and even a small elk track may be taken for that 

 of the white-tailed deer. 



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