The size of the latter amazed Slone.

The deer he had hunted back on the Sevier range were much smaller than these.

Evidently these were mule deer, closely allied to the elk.

They were so tame they stood facing him curiously, with long ears erect.

It was sheer murder to kill a deer standing and watching like that, but Slone was out of meat and hungry and facing a long, hard trip.