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Show California Hunters Find Tame Deer Too Friendly FRESNO. CALIF. Bambi, one-and-one-half-year-old pet deer living at Eckerts resort on the shore of Shaver lake, Is a nice, friendly animal ani-mal too friendly, In fact. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, she loves tobacco. Deer hunters, at least two of them, have found the combination disheartening dis-heartening and downright dangerous., danger-ous., Resort patrons tell of the pair of hunters starting early one morning to stalk deer. Bambi, a lady deer if you overlook the tobacco-chewing habit elected to follow. She dogged their steps like a faithful hound. ( When they stopped, she begged 1 for cigarettes. They .tried to make her leave quietly. She would have none of it. They were afraid to try more violent methods for fear of scaring away any buck deer in the I vicinity. Then, while trying to decide' what to do next, they began to worry about triguer-happy hunters who might start blasting away at Bambi. The thrill of the hunt was not worth ; the risk of traveling in her company. com-pany. They gave up in disgust, re- ; turned to camp and decided to try again the next day leaving from a different camp site. i |