6 CONTENTS. 



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The whitetail, or Virginia deer 40 



Experiences oi breeders 42 



A domesticated herd of deer 44 



Increase of white-tailed deer in domestication 45 



Deer hybrids 45 



Habits and management 46 



Vicious bucks 47 



Capturing live deer for shipment 48 



Wild deer in private preserves 50 



Effect on game supply 51 



Game propagation and game laws 52 



Transportation of live deer 52 



Transportation of venison 52 



Killing deer raised in private parks 53 



Sale of venison 54 



State laws recognizing private ownership of deer 55 



Resolutions by the American Breeders' Association 58 



Summary 59 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Plate I. Elk herd in the National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C. . Frontispiece. 



II. Elk in the National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C 18 



III. Fig. 1. Feeding time on farm of C. H. Roseberry, Stella, Mo. Fig. 2. 



Mule deer, National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C 20 



IV. Elk in new pasture, near Eureka Springs, Ark 34 



V. Elk park in the Ozarks, showing elimination of underbrush 34 



VI. Tame elk on Indian Rock Game Preserve, owned by C. D. Richard- 

 son, West Brookfield, Mass 36 



VII. Virginia deer in park belonging to Thomas Blagden, Saranac Inn, 



Upper Saranac, N. Y 42 



VIII. Fawns of the Virginia deer at Kent Deer Park, home of C. H. Rose- 

 berry, Stella, Mo 44 



