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Show BLACK-TAILED DEER . i v LIClose, With Ears Back, Like a f i Fawn or a Rabbit Natur-ally Natur-ally Shy. !i far the nmt Interesting and .,"?. tor creature iu the Oregon K the Blip a bo ing 1 owi est for him IK 1 liTUUral Lioness Is' so great that be skulks outrageously, and the covers of mosswrapped brush and fallen tree trunks, harmonizing with his own tlulbh gray coat, afford bim a shelter and a safe retreat. In thete recesses many objects resemble re-semble a deer at rest, and the hunter's hun-ter's eye becomes so accustomed to them that oftentimes when a deer is acatually sighted it seems so commonplace common-place to him that he falls to distinguish distin-guish It until It leaps Into cover. This Is particularly true when deer are lying ruminating. And one of these blarktails will lie still and make himself him-self look like a stump when any other deer would be climbing trees and Jumping precipices to get out of the way of danger. Several times I have discovered a deer lying only a few yards off. with neck depressed, head to the ground and ears laid back, for all the world like a fawn or like a rabbit In Us form. Tl.ls Is frequently practised by the blacktall On one occasion I discovered dis-covered a young forked horn buck lying ly-ing close and decided to find out what he would do In such a case, ro I moved on hurriedly, designedly kicking kick-ing the sticks and brush, but he kept still and showed no disposition to move. Crossing tho ridge I swung back so as to double over the same course, and when I got a view of his lair I peered through the bushes and saw blra Hill on the lookout In the dlree tion be had seen me disappear. Further Fur-ther dow n the canon a large buck was standing, looking anxiously In the same direction. Presently the young buck got up and went down Into a thicket and the old buck soon Joined him there, but In a position affording him a commanding view and beyond my rifle range. (I was watching with a telescope ) I made an attempt to get a shot at the big buck, b t he sneaked out without my even seeing biro go. Recreation. j |