Deer : Page 197


This, my friends, is the manner of beast that we are to huntand endeavor to get within 40 yards or less of him.

TRACKS

One of the most important things in hunting deer is to beable to recognize deer tracks and to know them so well thatthey will never be mistaken for the tracks of pigs, sheep, orcattle. If the hunter knows these tracks well enough, he canidentify the tracks of fawn, doe, buck, or buck in the breed-ing season. He can do more; he can just about tell what thedeer were doing when the tracks were made and can tell just

Deer's Shank and Foot

Figure 42. Deer's Shank and Foot

1A—Metatarsal gland, IB—Dew claw.

about when they were made. A person cannot qualify as aClass A hunter until he has a pretty fair knowledge of deertracks.

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