THE WHITE-TAILED OR VIRGINIA DEER 



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VIRGINIA DEER. (ONE-HALF NATURAL SIZE) 



(1) Front track. (2) Hind track. (3) Lagging back of hind feet; sign 

 of the old buck. (4) Overhastening; vie sign of the young buck. 

 3 and 4 also apply to the elk bull. 



single track, or a few of them, would be sufficient 

 to decide the sex, but it is not; because any deer 

 in crossing a trackable spot is likely to look to the 

 right and then to the left, and the tracks will 

 point in the direction the animal has looked. 



Does heavy with fawns show similar features 

 in their trail, but as there are no such does dur- 



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