Tracks and Tracking

CONTENTS

		Page
Forword		ix
Remarks		3
PART I

Group One—Hoofed Game:
?	The White-Tailed or Virginia Deer	11
?	The Fan-Tailed Deer	32
?	The Mule Deer	39
?	The Wapiti or Elk	43
?	The Moose	49
?	The Mountain Sheep	55
?	The Antelope	61

Predaceous Animals:
?	The Bear	73
?	The Cougar	92
?	The Lynx	101
?	The Domestic Cat	107
?	The Wolf	109
?	The Coyote	118
?	The Fox	121
What Tracking Means and Some Hunting Methods		125

Group Two:
?	The Jack-Rabbit	135
?	The Varying Hare	140
?	The Cottontail Rabbit	144
?	The Squirrel	148

Group Three:
?	The Marten and the Black-Footed Ferret	153
?	The Otter	157
?	The Mink	161
?	The Ermine	164

Group Four:
?	The Beaver	171
?	The Badger	180
?	The Porcupine	186
?	The Skunk	192

PART II

Feathered Game:
?	Feathered Game	197
?	Upland Birds	199
?	Waterfowls	211
?	Predatory Birds	214

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	Page
Frontispiece	iv
VIRGINIA DEER	12
TRACKS OF VIRGINIA DEER	14
VIRGINIA DEER	17
HIND FOOT OF VIRGINIA DEER	20
Trail of a deer shot through brisket	22
Trail of a deer with broken hind leg	22
Same as No. 3 on opposite page, but bullet did not penetrate to the lungs	22
HOOF OF BLACK-TAILED DEER	28
FAN-TAILED BUCK DEER	33
DEER TRACKS	35
MULE-DEER	40
ELK	43
ELK	46
MOOSE BULL TRACK	50
MOOSE TRACKS	52
MOUNTAIN SHEEP	57
HOG TRACK; WALKING	59
HIND FOOT OF ANTELOPE	62
ANTELOPE	64
THE SIGN OF THE ANTELOPE (BUCK)	64
BEAR FEET—RIGHT SIDE	76
BEAR TRAIL	77
TRACKS OF BEAR, RUNNING	80
BEAR TRACK	82
BEAR STUMP	82
BEAR TRACK	84
BEAR LOG	86
BEAR LOG	89
COUGAR	93
LYNX	101
RIGHT FRONT PAW OF LYNX	103
LYNX TRAIL	106
WOLF	109
WOLF	111
COYOTE	119
FOX	122
HUNTING WITH THE WIND	130
JACK-RABBIT	135
JACK RABBIT	137
JACK RABBIT	139
VARYING HARE	141
VARYING HARE	142
VARYING HARE	143
Cottontail Rabbit Tracks	144
COTTON TAIL RABBIT	146
COTTON TAIL RABBIT	147
SQUIRREL	148
Marten track	154
Marten track	156
OTTER	158
MINK	162
MINK	163
ERMINE TRACKS	166
BEAVER	171
BEAVER	174
BEAVER STUMP	176
THE BEAVER'S HOME	176
BEAVER TRAILS OR SLIDES	176
BEAVER TRAIL	176
BADGER	181
BADGER TRACKS	182
BADGER	183
PORCUPINE	186
SIGN OF THE PORCUPINE	190
PORCUPINE TRACKS	191
FEET OF THE PORCUPINE	191
SIGN OF THE PORCUPINE	191
SKUNK	192
TURKEY	201
PHEASANT	202
Ruffed Grouse	203
RUFFED GROUSE	204
BLUE GROUSE	205
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE	205
Sharp-tailed Grouse	207
QUAIL	209
WOODCOCK	210
Waterfowl	212
Waterfowl	213
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK	216
HERON TRACKS	216
WILSON'S SNIPE	217
Various Birds	217

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