A FALL HUNTING TRIP. 



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At this time, and during the rest of my stay in the 

 country, I saw deer in great numbers every day. At 

 first I counted as accurately as I could, but later I 

 came across so many that I only numbered the stags 

 which I clearly distinguished to be shootable. 



There seems little reason to doubt that from the 

 27th of October to the 5th of November I was in the 

 middle of at least a portion of the migrating deer. 

 The following is the table of the caribou I saw on 

 the trip : 



Stags. 



1 



1 



Oct. 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 



31 



Nov. 1 



,, 2 



3 



2 



4 



10 



12 



18 

 10 



11 



10 



17 



15 



8 



2 



Total 121 



Does. 

 2 

 51 

 16 

 18 

 102 

 110 

 160 

 97 



Total to date 556 



Did not count. 



Speaking roughly, I should say that I saw during the 

 trip at least 1,500 does, as on the last day of October 

 and the first three days of November I sighted them in 

 such numbers that I had to give up the attempt to keep 

 count. I afterwards learned from Jack Wells, who 



