THIETY YBAE8 A HUNTER. 181 



deserted house, and in the morning looking out of 

 a window, could see perhaps forty deer. I have 

 often shot a couple of deer from the window before 

 leaving the house in the morning. From this con- 

 gregation of deer in the openings a man in the 

 vicinity conceived the idea of entrapping them in 

 fields cleared and sowed with wheat or grass. The 

 next season he accordingly cleared two acres, partly 

 on a hill-side, built a high fence around it and sowed 

 it with wheat. About the last of August, when the 

 young wheat had obtained a good start, he made 

 openings in the fence to admit the deer. "When 

 they had fed upon the wheat 'for three weeks, it was 

 gnawed so close that he closed the fence for a few 

 weeks to give it a fresh start. About the first of 

 October he again opened the fence for a week, when 

 he kept it closed till near the middle of November. 

 The deer had now become wonted to the place, and 

 he made places in the fence where they could easily 

 leap into the field, but once in they could not get 

 out. In a few days he had two bucks and two does 

 in his enclosure. He killed the bucks, and let the 

 does stay in the field to decoy other deer. This had 

 the desired effect, and during the season he took in 

 this manner between sixty and seventy deer. This 

 method is successful only where deer are numerous. 

 The wheat crop is not materially injured, if the deer 

 are not permitted to remain on it too long. The 

 . best kind of dog for hunting deer is a large variety, 

 half bloodhound, a quarter cur and the other quarter 

 grayhound. I have had two dogs of this kind, for 

 JO 



