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(1) Track of buck, sketched during June (flat; 

 about half natural size). (2) Track of same 

 buck in October (see photograph of foot). 

 (3) Domestic sheep (flat). (4) Trail of buck; 

 drag during rutting season from one step to 

 the next. (5) Trail of doe. (6) Gallop. 



where he did so to feed. Moreover, he does not 

 vent his anger at a rival by pawing the ground 

 as the white-tail buck does. As the rutting sea- 

 son of mule-deer is later in the year, the drag 

 in the buck's trail is a most prominent feature, 



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