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New York, 1932, p. 32) as follows: Length of outside curve, 27 ; circum- 

 ference of main beam, 6 ; greatest spread, 42|- ; number of points, 12-9. 



This deer was found by William Junkans to weigh 320 pounds 

 when gutted, but with hide, head, and feet attached. 



In our mule deer in California, we find that antlers are normally 

 borne only by males of the species. However, during the past ten years 

 I have been able to obtain three bona fide and verified examples where 

 antlers have been borne by females of the Rocky Mountain mule deer. 

 From time to time woodsmen and hunters have reported the occur- 

 rence of antlered female deer, but since only the mounted heads were 

 preserved, there has been no proof of sex of the animal kept. The first 

 of the three antlered does which has come to my personal attention 



Fig. 56. Record Rocky Mountain mule deer head for California. Length, 27 

 inches; spread, 42 J inches. Killed by Wm. .lunkans, October 8, 1930, thirteen 

 miles northwest of Susanville, California. Wild Life Division No. 2539. 



is now number 35,326 in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. This deer 

 was killed on September 11, 1925, at a point approximately four miles 

 east of Sierraville and twenty-six miles northwest of Truckee, Cali- 

 fornia. District Ranger H. I. Snider of Truckee states in letters of 

 September 12 and 30, 1925 : " I saw the cleanings of this deer and know 

 that it was a doe with horns. The general appearance of the animal 

 was that of an extra large doe with horns. The hoofs I thought were 

 rather large for a doe ; however, this deer weighed 160 pounds dressed. 

 The shape of the head and neck were very much like that of a normal 

 doe. The bladder and urinary organs appeared normal. Hunters who 

 killed does in olden times and who saw this female, state that they 



