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Passed through several large deer yards & found many deer both in the yards & in the woods. Saw 8 deer & fully 1000 fresh tracks of all sizes. Found no dead deer except the one on the lake & the deer we saw ran freely on tops of the crest & did not seem much alarmed.
They have well worn trails from one yard to another & still use the trails to some extent. In places they have pawed away the snow to the ground to get water or the green plants & moss. The bushes & branches are well browsed off where ever the deer have been during winter. Blueberry bushes are a favorite & are eaten to stubs.
Saw tracks of 100 porcupine at best & lots of gnawings & bushels of pellets in the caves. Fresh beaver cuttings were found on steep slope 100 feet above lake when they had gone up to get aspens & willow. 
Showshoe rabbits are numerous. Saw several tracks of woodchucks & skunks & coon & wild cat. Lots of red squirrel tracks & chipmunk & [[Peromysan?]] Saw one martin track.
Timber same as yesterday.
Got back to camp at 3:30, 20 miles. took snowshoes but didnt use em.