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Sunday
Nov. 9 we did not hunt today, but laid
our skins in the P.M. just and some
traps for small mammals on a hill
above the village. On the grassy slopes
we have seen great colonies of voles
but they do not, of course, come down
among the rocks & it takes considerable
work to get to them. We got at the following
morning.
Monday
Nov. 10 On Monday our first drive a
beautiful buck roe deer came out of
a ravine and ran down into the
main valley where it was stationed.
I made a fine running shot
getting him squarely thru the
heart while he was in mid-air
as he leaped over a boulder.
A few moments later I saw
the two beaters on the hill run
toward each other excitedly and
feel sure they had seen something
beside roe deer. When they came
down they reported 7 traps they
had been disturbed by some shot
and run out directly between
them over the next summit.
We were trying for following
them of course but the climb
to the top of the ridge was
an ordeal. It was too high.