Notes on Memories of a Bear Hunter 



52. Deer or the ordinary wild ruminants of the 

 plains or the mountains do not fear a horse. In early 

 days antelope were often seen feeding among horses 

 and cattle on the prairie, just as at an earlier date 

 they had fed among the buffalo, with which often 

 they went to water and moved about over the prairie. 

 A deer near or among the horses in the early morn- 

 ing was formerly a common sight, and in the high 

 northern Rocky Mountains I have known of cases 

 where moose were found feeding among the horses in 

 the morning. Every man who has traveled much with 

 a pack train through an elk country in autumn has 

 had the experience of having the bull elk try to drive 

 off his horses. 



It is well known also that wild animals will often 

 closely approach some object which, under ordinary 

 circumstances, would alarm them provided this ob- 

 ject remains motionless. As I once said elsewhere, 

 the deer recognizes danger only in life, and life only 

 in motion. Sport With Gun and Rod, p. 135. This 

 seems to be true of animals generally. 



53. Photographs of grouse in captivity have shown 

 how the sound of drumming is produced. (American 

 Game Bird Shooting, p. 145.) 



54. This is one of the many instances supporting 

 the belief that grizzly bears do not have cubs each 

 year. 



55. This is undoubtedly an error of observation, 

 since mountain goats (Oreamnos) are not found in 



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