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ROCKY MOUNTAIN MULE DEER The Ilocky Mountain blacktail or mule leer is a large and handsome animal the largest of the North American species of deer It is easily recog ¬ nized by its large ears the two Ys on each anller and a short white tail with a small tip of Idack and a white patch around the base of its tail tailThe The mule deer chooses for its home the most pic tnresiiie bad lands and foot hills of the KocVy Mountain region and is different in this respect from the whitetailed deer which prefers low ground and either brush or timber in which to hide hideA A large mule deer shot in Montana measured forty two indies at the shoulders and sixthtwo inches in length The antlers had fourteen points and a spread of twentyseven inches inchesThe The Columbian blacktailed deer of the Pacific coast is smaller than the white tailed deer and much smaller than the mule deer This species in ¬ habits the wellwatered forests of the Pacific coast from the north end of Vancouver Island to central California In Alaska the species dwin ¬ dles still Lower into the Sitka deer which is even smaller than the Florida whitetail All Outdoors
