until about 3:00 P. M. hunt their hiding places. You will notice they 
will lay down at the upper end of gulches where they come near to 
a point at the top of the mountain. If it is hot weather you will find 
them on the shady side, and if it is cold you will find them on the 
south or sunny side, and if there is a cold wind blowing you will find 
them in a cove where they are protected from the wind. 
In hunting gulches I find it a good idea where the brush is bad 
to walk on the opposite hillside to where you expect the deer. In 
looking across the ravine you can see through the brush much better 
than you could see if you were on the same side the deer are on. 
Travel high enough to see across, but not out of the range of your 
gun. It is a good idea in making such hunts to place one or two of 
the bunch at the head of the gulches where the deer cross the main 
ridge. As you hunt in this way you should throw a small rock down 
the hill to cause them to get up out of their beds and look around. 
When you throw the rock stand still and watch the opposite hillside. 
You may throw three or four rocks at intervals. You should not 
throw or roll large rocks down the hill but small ones that won’t 
make too much noise. By this plan you can raise them out of their 
beds and start them to moving around, giving a good chance to see 
them. You should keep yourself well hid in the brush, as you hunt 
this way, making no noise while walking and when you have a plain 
view stop and stand still for several minutes, throwing a rock occa¬ 
sionally. 
When the deer are feeding you can hunt around their feeding 
ground, which as a rule is in the open. Keep yourself hid in the brush. 
When the bucks have begun to run in the fall of the year, you 
can go early in the morning and hide yourself near where you see 
their trails and where they twist the brush with their horns. Often 
deer will pass such places up until about 9:00 o’clock A. M. 
The best way to hunt deer is to get a bird dog pup, preferably a 
pointer, and train him to walk just ahead of you (you can do this 
with a collar and chain). After you kill one or two deer this dog will 
trail them for you and show T you more deer in a day than you would 
find in a week. I have killed deer up into the hundreds by this plan. 
You should always keep the wind in your favor, coming from the 
deer to you. 
Where stock are held and feed on a deer range, you can take 
a cow bell and travel slow, keeping well hid in the brush, rattling the 
bell as stock do as they feed, and the deer will not become frightened. 
You can also bell your saddle horse, ride slow, allowing the horse .to 
feed as you go, and if the deer are used to belled stock you can ride 
within shooting distance. 
I also could tell you how to kill them at night, but that is not 
lawful and does not even give the deer a sporting chance for his life. 
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