HUNTING ADVENTURES. 



CHAPTER LXIII. 



HUNTING THE AMERICAN DEER. 



Deer is found in almost every part fir the 



IHE Xmerican 



Northern and Western States, where there is sufficient fores' 

 to afford them food and cover. It even ranges South to the Gulf 

 of Mexico, but very seldom. It is very abundant in some parts 

 of New York and Pennsylvania, in spite of the destructive efforts 

 of man and the wolves. The deer has one, and occasionally ~vo 

 fawns at a birth, which generally occurs in May or June. In the 

 rutting season the males are restless and bold, and are observed to 

 have the neck considerably swelled. When alarmed.. they stamp 

 quickly and often upon the ground, and emit a sound like a shrill 

 whistle, which may be heard at a great distance. When mortally 

 wounded, they often give a faint bleat, like that of a call. 

 When brought to bay, 't throws ofF its habitual timidity, its eyes 

 glare fiercely around, every hair on its body bristles up, and 

 appears as if directed forward, and it dashes boldly upon its f e. 



