tL. FOLLOWING 
'^THE DEER 
^ new conditions. Deer are hunted 
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now not so much for food as for 
LOoKiJvo BAc/i, pjv ^p^j.^^ hunters want a good 
^ -"^ Tme Thail of ^j^tlers to take home with them. 
"'^ . The bucks, therefore, are the most 
hunted; and the bigger the buck, the 
keener and more relentless the chase 
to secure his head. 
One who has followed the deer 
for the past few years must have 
noted the rapid change in their habits 
which has taken place in consequence. 
So long as the deer had to guard 
themselves only against teeth and 
claws, so long as danger moved on 
four feet and was harmless beyond 
the length of a deer's jump for safety, 
the big bucks, that recked little of 
