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...Aggies' corps of cadets stand from start to finish of every game-and at Texas A. & M. most of the students are cadets. A long and proud tradition of military training and service runs back to the school's foundation in 1876, when wolves and deer still roamed its vast, land-grant acres of Brazos County in east-central Texas. Today there are nearly 7,000 Aggies, and not a coed among them to hamper the self-conscious military discipline that has made the college a special favorite with many a Texas parent...
Wherever he went Talbot tried to find out how the threatened animals live and how they can be protected. In some cases he thinks he aroused local sympathy In one case he found that native beliefs are working in the animals' favor. The Burmese brow-antlered deer was recently on the verge of extinction, but now it is left strictly alone. The natives think that eating its flesh will aggravate venereal diseases...
...Tender Trap (M-G-M). "Wow!" says David Wayne. "What a waterhole!" David is on vacation from marriage and the Indiana Pharmaceutical Co., and Frank Sinatra's plushy New York apartment is an ideal deer park. As the fair game begins popping out in all directions, so do David's eyes. A smooth little blonde glides out of the bedroom; she promises to come back soon and bring Frank some fish. Another goldilocks jounces in the door-"to walk the dog," Frank casually explains. An Amazonian brunette, with the look of a lady wrestler in search...
...their own sake. They are fairly plentiful, but are such tireless travelers-ranging as much as 20 miles in a day-that it is usually futile to try to track them down. They are mostly bagged as a sort of bonus by men who set out primarily for deer or elk and run into a grizzly or black bear on their trails through the bush...
...hunter will contend that deer, being mostly nocturnal animals, should be stalked at dawn or dusk; another will hold firmly that they should be hunted in daylight. An experienced moose hunter will argue that a single shot from a comparatively light 30-30 rifle is enough to fell a moose; a second will answer that only a powerful .35 Remington Express with a 200-grain bullet is equal to the task. Is a bear's eyesight bad? Should elk be hunted on horseback? Is a Rocky Mountain goat harder to kill than a grizzly? Fresh experiences refuel...