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for eighteen days, and counted two hundred and twenty- 

 eight deer. In 1902 I was out fourteen days, and counted 

 fifty-two deer. More deer passed in a single twenty-four 



FREAK ANTLERS OF MULE DEER. 

 In the National Collection of Heads and Horns, New York. 



hours in 1892-3-4-5 and 6 than passed during the whole 

 month of October, 1902. 



"There are a lot of deer, it is true, on the north slope of 

 the divide at Pagoda and Sleepy Cat Mountains, and east- 

 ward in the Williams Fork country; but they are practically 

 the remnant. People here say, 'You can't enforce a close- 

 season law." (Outdoor Life magazine.) 



The Mule Deer reaches its largest and finest antler devel- 

 opment in the Rocky Mountains, from Colorado to southern 



