TRACKS AND TRACKING 



way to approach them, and then, during the early 

 evening hours he will, from a convenient point, 

 mark down the birds which he hears treeing. 

 Then during the hour before daybreak he will 

 go noiselessly as near as possible to a roosting 

 tree which he knows harbors one or more turkeys, 

 and after it is light enough to shoot he will ex- 

 perience little trouble in stalking as close as is 

 necessary to get his bird. 



The Sage Grouse 



The track of the sage hen is about the size of 

 that of a small domestic chicken, but the toes at 

 their base are somewhat broader, giving the entire 

 track a different aspect. 



In the spring and autumn months the birds 

 frequent sagebrush flats and hillsides, and during 

 the early autumn they seek the vicinity of water, 

 and there, if it were not that their toes are rather 

 short in comparison with their broadness, the 

 tracks might be mistaken for those of the 

 pheasant in any place where that game bird has 

 been introduced. 



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