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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



but though I have spent many seasons amongst mule deer, in 

 British Columbia and elsewhere, I have never yet heard them 

 whistle, nor heard any mention of this habit from the natives 

 or white hunters. However, I am not prepared to say that they 

 do not whistle. 



More than any other American deer with which I am 



Abnormal head of mule deer 



acquainted, C. macrotis migrates with the seasons, passing in 

 large numbers from his summer feeding grounds on the uplands 

 to the green timber districts of the lower country. This migra- 

 tion seems to begin with the first heavy snows, but it is not an 

 invariable rule, for I have seen big bucks in the Chilcotin 



