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Raye-1933
9 mi. S, 6 mi. W, Chico, 100 ft., Butte Co., Calif.
Sept. 21, 1933.
We mostly on oak leaves leads to
several other logical inferences. First,
that the deer must feed at night.
We have never seen them out of the
draws in the day time and it is
only in the open, in fallen timber, that
they can get oak leaves. Therefore,
they must feed at night. Secondly,
they use the wild grape draws only
for shade and concealment, and
not for food. We have never seen
grape leaves in their stomachs nor
have we even noticed any leaves
of the grape showing signs of having
been eaten by the deer. Other in
formation concerning deer which we
have at hand is an average figure on
their "dressing off" percentage. 45%_
seems to be the average.
We got nothing in our traps
today - though we did catch a gopher
out of Mr. Babio's lawn yesterday.
We had two more contributions
today; for Mr. Joe Barhoe brought
in a great horned owl which he shot
at the south end of the ranch this
morning. Nick brought in
a bat which we found between two