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that in the Pine Forest Mountains, which are in round numbers 

 thirty miles long and fifteen miles wide, there are ten thousand 

 range cattle, and twenty-two thousand sheep, with attendant 

 cowboys and sheep-herders, there does seem to be good reason 

 for a scarcity' of deer. 



The heavy snows of winter drive Odoeoileus from the moun- 

 tains onto the desert flat. Mr. F. M. Payne, of Quinn River 

 Crossing, asserts that deer are often seen on nearby meadows 

 during the winter months. This locality is about eight miles 

 distant from the Pine Forest IMountains. 



Tracks and signs were occasionally observed by us. On June 

 29 such evidence was seen on the east slope of Duffer Peak (alti- 

 tude 9000 feet), and near Alder Creek Lake (7800 feet). Two 

 prospectors, located at an elevation of 6500 feet on Big Creek, 

 wounded a large buck the first week in July. ]Mr. Matthew 

 Price, at the "Dugout Camp" (5000 feet), told of seeing deer 

 tracks around his garden at about the same time. 



According to Richardson's notes, entry made at the meadow 

 (8500 feet) on Duffer Peak, deer tracks were seen all over a 

 nearby ridge. A doe followed by two spotted fawns was seen 

 on the mountain-side south of a meadow west of camp. One of 

 the fawns, a male, was secured. "I w^as surprised to see them, 

 as I had just been shooting small birds with the auxiliary barrel. 

 When the deer were first descried, they were skipping along 

 through the pines, the fawns often running ahead a short dis- 

 tance. The female occasionally sniffed the ground, but did not 

 see me, though she evidently scented me when I was about 125 

 feet away. The trio stopped, and the doe sniffed the air. For- 

 tunately there was a group of pines between myself and the deer, 

 which gave me a chance to creep up within range. When I fired, 

 the doe ran a little distance, then stopped, and I was able to get 

 within seventy-five feet of her again. The glands on the hind 

 legs of the fawn emitted an odor resembling pine pitch, only it 

 was stronger. ' ' 



Several cast horns of deer were picked up from time to time. 

 A four-point antler was seen on a ridge near the 6000 foot camp 

 on Alder Creek, west side of the mountains. 



Deer beds were several times found. One observed on a high 



