DEER. 



Deer hunting is by no means such easy work as one who has not 

 tried it might imagine. Of course, deer are so numerous in some 

 localities that any one who can shoot straight can hardly fail to kill 

 one in a day's hunt ; but such places are becoming more rare year 

 by year. Not so very long ago it was no uncommon sight to see 



eight or ten deer feeding on a prairie at one time, but such sights 

 are rare nowadays. 



Deer are usually hunted in one of three ways (fire hunting not 

 included, the latter being rarely indulged in by a true sportsman), 



