HUNTING AT LAKE TAHOE In the chapter on the Birds and Animals of the Tahoe Region I have written of the game to be found.

There are few places left in the Sierras where such good deer- and bear-hunting can be found as near Tahoe.

During the dense snow-falls the deer descend the western slopes, approaching nearer and nearer to the settlements of the upper foothills, and there they do fairly well until the snow begins to recede in the spring.

They keep as near to the snow line as possible, and are then as tame and gentle almost as sheep.

When the season opens, however, they soon flee to certain secret recesses and hidden lairs known to none but the old and experienced guides of the region.
There are so many of these wooded retreats, however, and the Tahoe area is so vast, that it is seldom an expert goes out for deer (or bear) that he fails.