American Big Game in its Haunts 



summer range of the deer. At the time of our 

 visit these were at a lower altitude, in the chaparral 

 and among the scrub oaks of the foothills. 



Going thence by rail north to Santa Barbara, I 

 inspected the narrow strip of the Santa Ynez Re- 

 serve, and the eastern and western sections of the 

 Zaca Lake and Pine Mountain Reserve. These 

 are under the control of different forest super- 

 visors; they are both largely composed of chapar- 

 ral country, with scattered "pineries" on the 

 mountains. The hunting here is regulated, to a 

 certain degree, by the problem of feed and water 

 for the stock used by the hunters in gaining access 

 to the ground. Many enter these tracts from the 

 south, as well as from the region adjacent to Santa 

 Barbara, and the deer have a somewhat harassed 

 and chivied existence, although, owing to the im- 

 penetrable nature of the chaparral outside of the 

 pineries, there is a natural limit to the power of 

 the sportsman to accomplish their entire exter- 

 mination. The present control of hunters by the 

 forest rangers is only tentative ; naturally we hope 

 to have in an ever-increasing degree more scientific 

 management both of the deer and of those who 

 illegally kill them. The sentiment of the com- 

 munity is enlightened, and would strengthen the 

 hands of the Government in enforcing the law. 



