21 8 Deer of the Pacific Coast 



any game on it. But being part of a larger range, 

 it may have several deer on its top, if they are not 

 hunted too much. A dog need not stand high in 

 the " Kennel Register " to hustle the deer about 

 so that they will run around on the open flanks or 

 start to cross the saddle for the larger hill. The 

 same is true where brush is in scattered patches 

 with good openings between, or the game is in 

 brushy ravines with good ridges to stand on, and 

 similar combinations. And you need have no 

 compunctions against using hounds under such 

 circumstances, for the game will likely give you 

 and the dogs the most interesting experience you 

 ever had. 



This deer is plainly a tougher animal than the 

 Virginia deer, and will readily carry several bullets 

 away into brush where you will never find him 

 without a good dog. I found an ounce round 

 ball with seven drams of the very strongest 

 powder none too effective for hunting around 

 the patches of heavy brush, in spite of the talk 

 about " spoiling all the meat," " ruining the hide," 

 etc. Letting a wounded one alone so as to get 

 stiff and sick, which is so often a success with 

 the Virginia deer, especially in very cold weather, 

 is generally a failure on this deer. I have known 

 one go seven miles without stopping when shot a 

 little too far back with a Winchester .50-caliber 

 express, and be extremely lively the next day. 



