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open beneath and broken into ridges about fifty feet 

 high. Such ground generally contains acorns in the 

 fall, has plenty of windfalls and brush to make lying- 

 down covert for deer in the daytime, while the tops 

 of the ridges are generally clear enough of brush to 

 allow still movements of the hunter and afford him 

 a good view in nearly all directions. Whether you 

 hunt in timber or open country, the more nearly your 

 ground approaches the rolling character of these oak- 

 ridge forests the better your chances of success. 



For antelope-hunting much the same kind of ground, 

 though built on a larger scale, is generally necessary. 

 On a broad level plain it is now almost impossible to 

 get within shot of antelope except by some kind of 

 trick in the way of disguise. And even that must be 

 an unusually smart invention. Quite rolling ground 

 is the best on which to approach them; and if the 

 antelope are in numerous bands or small bunches, 

 this is the only sure ground upon which to get close 

 shots except by such tricks as flagging, etc. But if 

 they are scarce or all in one band, it is often impos- 

 sible to look over enough of this kind of ground to 

 find where they are without in many cases a vast 

 amount of traveling, there being so many places 

 where they can be out of sight in a valley or behind 

 some knolls 



