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XII 
INSTANCES OF WOUNDED STAGS 
ATTACKING STALKERS 
It must often have occurred to every one who has 
had experience in stalking what a very different 
sport stalking would be if stags realised their 
power and had no fear of man. It is, of course, 
well known to every one who is interested in 
the habits of deer that a tame stag in the rutting 
season is one of the most dangerous animals, and 
some years ago a tragedy occurred in Ross-shire, 
when a stalker was attacked and killed by a stag 
which he had himself brought down from the 
forest as a calf and which knew him well. I 
have often asked experienced stalkers whether 
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