66 BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA chap. 



allied species, I cannot say, but I could see little or no 

 difference in the specimens we killed all along the Alaska 

 Peninsula in 1903, many of them being killed at places 

 several hundred miles apart. 



Rangifer stonei is, so far as we know at present, confined 

 to the Kenai Peninsula. A very small herd of them is left 

 there, and Mr. Stone only managed to obtain about three 

 specimens for scientific purposes. This is the largest of all 

 Barren Land caribou, and appears to be quite distinct, as 

 regards its antlers, etc., from all other allied species. I have 

 picked up its shed antlers, and seen a number of fresh tracks, 

 but was never fortunate enough to see one of the animals 

 during my trip on the Kenai Peninsula. 



These caribou are now strictly protected under the 

 recent Game Laws of 1903. 



Owing to the restrictions now imposed by these Game 

 Laws, any one wishing to get caribou near the shore in Western 

 Alaska will be in future obliged to make an expedition up 

 the Sushitna River, or travel farther round the coast into 

 the neighbourhood of Bristol Bay. 



Blacktail Deer i^Mazama columbiana) 



This deer is found in great numbers all along the coast, 

 and on many of the islands, as far up as the neighbour- 

 hood of Sitka, but does not extend farther north than that 

 place. 



Formerly great numbers have been killed on many of the 

 islands by hunting the woods with dogs, which drove the 

 deer to the water, where they could be easily killed by the 

 hunters lying in wait for them. The use of dogs is now 

 prohibited by the new Game Laws. 



