
A HUNTERS’ CAMP IN THE BLACKTAIL COUNTRY 
lair where the daily routine of farm work is 
in plain view. In such cases many well- 
planned hunts by the farmer and his neigh- 
bors rarely result successfully, for the 
blacktail observes their movements or 
scents those on the runways and escapes 
through some well-concealed avenue. It 
makes no difference to him whether he is on 
the fringe of civilization or in some remote 
mountain fastness, he selects his daily rest- 
ing place with equal care, not infrequently 
using the same bed many times. I have 
known a buck to use the same lair all sum- 
mer, but he was cautious to do his feeding 

IN SUMMER THE BLACKTAILS ASCEND TO THE BASE OF THE SNOW PEAKS 
