I30 THE DEER FAMILY 



the numerous towns and villages, situated near the 

 outskirts of the forest. 



In a report of the game-warden of Wisconsin it is 

 stated that during 1902 non-residents paid $9,925 in 

 license fees, as against $3,635 in 1900. The total 

 amount received from resident hunting licenses is 

 $65,371.50. " The protection given to the game has re- 

 sulted in more deer in Wisconsin than there has been 

 for twenty-five years." The figures show a rapid 

 increase in the number of big-game shooters, and at 

 the same time an increase in the game. 



The weights on the shipping bills of the express 

 companies show that the Adirondack deer compare 

 favorably in size with those of other hunting-grounds. 

 The deer in 1901 were larger and in better condition 

 than usual, which was due in some extent to the fact 

 that 1901 was a beechnut year. 



A buck shipped from Big Moose to Charles Phil- 

 more, Remsen, N. Y., weighed on the scales of the 

 station-agent 267 pounds, dressed weight. By adding 

 one-fourth, according to the usual well-attested rule 

 we have 333% pounds as the live weight.* 



Mr. Hornaday, in his "American Natural History," 

 gives the rule for obtaining the live weight of deer 

 from dressed weight more accurately than above stated. 



" So many records of the dressed weight of deer are 

 published," he says, " that it is desirable to offer a simple 

 rule by which anyone can accurately calculate the 

 weight of the animal when alive. Taking an antlered 

 elk as a basis, we find that the dressed weight re- 



* New York Forest, Fish, and Game Report. There are records in the 

 report of other deer which weighed nearly as much. 



