Longhurst 1939 Odocoileus hemionus Twin Buttes, 4300 ft., 2 1/2 mi. S.W. Steamboat Mt. Okanogan Co., Wash. July '72 Deer are quite numerous in this region. Their tracks are plentiful along the roads and throughout burned areas where they have been feeding. These burned areas have grown up with second growth conifers, huckleberries, willows, and more smaller shrubs and grass than in the dense forest. Only one deer was seen, a blacktail (columbianus). It was a very large buck and was jumped in heavy timber with little underbrush. He was bedded at the edge of a steep drop off in such a position that a few jumps would put him out of sight of an enemy approaching either from above or below. Several other beds were seen in the heavy timber indicating that the deer were trying to escape the heat of the day and the flies and mosquitoes which were very prevalent. Although tracks were quite numerous, large buck tracks were rather scarce and most of the deer, especially the bucks, were probably ranging at a higher elevation.