FOLLOWING 
THE DEER^ 
baitings and circlings before they be- 
gan to feed again. Even then they 
moved along at a good pace as they 
fed, till another mile lay between them 
and the unknown danger, when, as 1 
had forelayed, the buck came down 
from a hill to join them, and all three 
moved off toward the big ridge, feed- 
ing as they went. 
Then began a long chase, a chase 
which for the deer meant a straight- 
away game, and for me a series of 
wide circles — never following the 
trail directly, but approaching it at 
intervals from leeward, hoping so to 
circle ahead of the deer and stalk 
them at last from an unexpected 
quarter. 
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WINTER TRAILS 
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