40 14 Sept Grapevine PK continued More deer sign than I remember last year. It looks like the deer population is booming. Cow and horse sign was very old, mostly, although there was some from this year. Saw a chipmunk at camp, also in the first limber pine at 8200 ft. on peak. Several (3-4) chipmunks heard while 1600-1700 hrs. I set traps. Set 30 snaptraps, baited with oats coated with peanut butter and bacon-fat, through a wooded patch of piñon, limber pine, junipers, across a talus slope with small islands of vegetation—limber pines and Ribes. Returned to camp, an immature white-coarsed Garter came within our meter of us while we were eating dinner. It was scratching for food. Was present next morning and afternoon. 15 Sept Grapevine Peak and return to Plunary Campsite Checked traps at 1000 hrs. Caught 4 Peromyscus maniculatus (#344-347). One trap was missing. One had been sprung and there was a spot of blood on it. Put up two skins, got data on other two. Saw and heard chipmunks but caught none. Picked up traps at 1200. Walked to top of peak. Saw Rabbit (Sylvilegus) droppings here. Helped Margaret do point-quarters on trees. Then headed back to camp. Amazing amount of deer scat, and trails enroute, but saw no deer. end this page