Field notes, v1467
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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