Longhurst 1934 I. Itinerary Aug 16 Baker Cr., 11,100 ft. on the mt. SE of camp. All have been jumped high up near timber line. The deer are still in their light brown summer pelage; the fawn still had a few spots on the rear part of its back and appeared considerably darker than the doe. This would indicate an earlier moult starting at the anterior end. From talking with Ralph Kaufman and Don Taylor I learned that deer were much more abundant in past years. They attribute the decrease to the mountain lions which they claim are very abundant in this range. Don Taylor and Kaufman's two sons hunt lions in the winter for the bounty with a pack of hounds. They killed 10 in these mts. last winter. They both (Taylor) (R. Kaufman) appear to be reliable men with much experience at hunting etc. They also told me that the scarcity of grouse and sage-hen was due to the efforts of the Biological Survey to poison off ## the gophers and the ground squirrels. Evidently the B.S. scattered poisoned