DEER TRACKING. 
FTER a storm is the best time to look for a deer, as the 
A tracks show plainer for us to follow if after a rain 
storm, and if snow, one knows just how freshly made. Besides 
he has been lying by in the swamp, beneath the thick ever- 
greens, feeding but little during the storm, and is now hungry, 
and will travel slowly, feeding longer at his stopping places. 
He loves to wander around the foot of the ridges next the 
swamps, finding the browse more thrifty and plenty, and is 
handy to his favorite brook. Now this morning, if we would 
get one, we will start out real early, for he is up himself at 
daylight and already on his tramp whilst we are eating our 
breakfast. If not pretty sure of one quite handy, let us take 
our luncheon and a very light hunting axe, matches and our 
compass, a/ways, for we are not sure of the sun remaining 
all the day out to guide us. We will travel against the wind 
all we can, keeping it in our faces as much as possible, then 
if we find fresh tracks going to windward we are pretty sure 
of a shot. 
Here the leaves have been disturbed and are turned wet 
side up, and beneath we find the print of his foot; there, it is 
