BUNTING THE RED DEER. 



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number of the Deer decreased in proportion to the advance ot 

 civilization, and now but few are found in the Atlantic states. 



The Indian method of deer hunting differs in many respects 

 from that originally pursued by the Europeans, and is now gen- 

 erally adopted anong the western hunters. A number of hunters 

 divide themselves into several parties and proceed by different 

 paths through the same forest. When a deer trail has been dis- 

 covered, a signal is given, either by hallooing or firing a gun, 

 and the hunters upon tiie olher tracks station themselves in such 

 a position as to cut off the retreat of the animal, and- shoot him if 

 he attempt to pass them. The hunters, who have discovered 

 the deer, if they cannot get a shot at him, or them, halloo and drive 

 the deer before them. In this manner, they are brought within 

 the range of the concealed hunters upon one of the other tracks, 

 and shot. Besides this method, by which great numbers are de- 

 stroyed, the Indians use disguises to enable them to approach the 

 deer unsuspected, and frequently a single hunter commits con 

 siderable havoc amoncr them. 



