FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
Once, when I looked down from a 
glimpse of the big buck doing the 
same thing from a hill farther on, too 
far away for a shot, but near enough 
to see plainly through my field glass. 
The deer were farther ahead than I 
supposed. They had made a run for 
it, intending to rest after first putting 
a good space between them and any- 
thing that might follow. Now they 
were undoubtedly lying down in some 
far-away thicket, their minds at rest 
and their four feet doubled under them 
for a jump at short notice. Trust 
your nose, but keep your feet under 
you — that is deer wisdom on going 
WINTER 4TRAILS 
bare hilltop into a valley where the 
trail ran, 1 had a most interesting 
