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wolf, both gray or timber-, and prairie- or coyote. Red 

 deer and black-tailed deer are abundant. North Texas 

 still abounds in antelope and deer. The region known 

 as southwest Texas, between Alice and Brownsville, is 

 probably the best deer country. Herds of 500 have 

 been seen there. 



Turkey are plentiful north of Kerrville, about 150 

 miles from San Antonio. Raccoon, opossum, wildcat, 

 and mink are plentiful everywhere, as but little trapping 

 has taken place in Texas. 



In the Colorado river country, west of Velasco, the 

 sportsman can usually find excellent sport. There are 

 deer, grouse in abundance, and myriads of duck and 

 snipe in the season. 



Near Lufkin, in Angelina county, there is excellent 

 deer shooting. The country between the Angelina and 

 Nueces rivers is favorable for the sport. There is also 

 good quail shooting in this neighborhood. 



Of the quail, there are the bob-white, which are very 

 plentiful almost everywhere, the Mexican blue quail, to 

 be found in western counties, and the black quail, which 

 some claim to be Messina, to be found in the mountains 

 of western Texas. The droughts of the past few years 

 have been the cause of much more game being slaught- 

 ered than otherwise would have taken place, as the 

 farmers and ranchmen, being pressed for something to 

 subsist on, took to hunting for meat and hides. A 

 return of good seasons, however, has already made 

 game more plentiful, and no doubt game is on the 

 increase at the present time. 



Quail shooting is good, usually, at Elmendorf in 

 Bexar county. In the neighborhood of Waco good 



