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could be made by a deer on the move. He kept slowly on themove, stopping now and then to verify the trail and to lookand listen. He came to a place where trails crossed; there weretracks leading in three directions. He studied these tracks;some were old, some had been made the night before andsome he recognized as being fresh. He followed the freshtracks which now was on a definite trail which led in thedirection of the bedding ground. He knew that the group hadgotten together again. When the trail crossed some soft, dampground, the tracks were visible and fresh. Big tracks appearedover smaller ones; the buck was traveling true to form, alwaysbringing up the rear. There were fresh droppings, very fresh.He stopped again and really searched all cover with his glassesbut could see nothing. Cautiously, he moved on. All of asudden there was another whistling snort and a crashing ofbushes on the side of the hill to his left. He looked aroundjust in time to see the buck bounding away. There were,also, sounds further down the trail that indicated the rest ofthis group were on the run. Disappointed, he continued tofollow the trail for about a hundred yards; there he foundwhere the buck had left the trail and had circled back, evi-dently to watch. |
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