Field notes, v1458
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Longhurst 1939 Odocoileus hemionus 7mi.E and 5mi.S Dixie, 4300 ft., Walla Walla Co., Wash. July 26 Deer are apparently fairly abundant here. The country, however, has been heavily grazed by sheep earlier in the spring and there is little feed left. The number and size of tracks indicate that most of the large deer are at a higher elevation at this time of year. Stay a While Spring, 5150 ft., Columbia Co., Wash. July 29 This is indeed the summer range for most of the deer. Tracks are "everywhere" and a number of deer have been seen. Those seen, together with two bucks collected, and the size of the tracks indicate that the deer in this area are mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) The two bucks killed, one a yearling with two points on each antler, and the other a very old buck with three large points, a large eye guard and a rudiments of a fourth point on each antler, were both in light brown summer pelage and had horns in the