many thousands of deer there are in Maine can, of course, only be conjectured, but the evidence of their increase in spite of the tremendous inroads made annually on their numbers gives one good reason to set the figures high. Moose are not as plentiful as deer, but they range the Maine forests in… … ifl>ai raffimc *' I 'HE deer which attract so many thousands of sportsmen to •* Maine annually are of the common Virginian or white-tailed variety. In color they are a soft brownish gray, their bodies being handsomely proportioned, and their carriage wonderfully graceful. Deer are exceedingly swift…
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