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White-Tailed Deer (DesertUSA) White-tail deer are destructive to crops, vegetable gardens, fruit trees and the like where their ranges overlap with human habitation. White-tail deer feed on a variety of vegetation, depending on what is available in their habitat. White fur is located in a band behind the nose, in circles around the eyes, inside the ears, over the chin and throat, on the upper insides of the legs and beneath the tail. www.desertusa.com /mag99/june/papr/wtdeer.html   (1648 words)

Hunter shares his horror - 01/23/05 Bower, then 45, had met Travarelli a few years earlier when both were hunting white-tail deer in Texas. The Slam, in Travarelli's parlance, was to hunt for deer species he and Bower hadn't yet scored upon: Coues, black-tail, Western, and Sitka black-tail -- the latter drawing them to Kodiak Island. The two men met Nov. 5 at Chicago's O'Hare Airport and continued their four-flight itinerary: Seattle, Kodiak City (250 miles southwest of Anchorage), and from there aboard an amphibious plane to their hunting cabin on Fraser Lake. www.detnews.com /2005/outdoors/0501/23/d01-67623.htm   (2593 words)

White-tailed Deer Identification: Antlers with one main beam with side branches, tail brown above and white below. Total length: 1.3-2 m; tail: 15-35 cm; mass: males 90-135 kg, females 65-115 kg. www.washington.edu /burkemuseum/mammalogy/mamwash/odvi.html   (67 words)

White-tailed Deer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The deer can be recognized by its characteristic white tail, which it raises as a signal of alarm and is typically seen in its escape. The White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the Virginia Deer, is a medium-sized deer found throughout most of the continental United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America and northern portions of South America far south as Peru. The deer's coat is a reddish-brown in the spring and summer, and turns to a grey-brown throughout the fall and winter. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White-tailed_Deer   (1152 words)

White-Tailed Deer and Mule Deer The common name for this deer comes from its characteristic large white tail, which is raised when the animal is alarmed. White-tailed deer produce more fawns, are adapted to a wider variety of habitats, and are less vulnerable to hunter harvest than mule deer. Unregulated hunting in the late 1800's caused deer populations to be eliminated, except in the Black Hills. www.northern.edu /natsource/MAMMALS/Deer1.htm   (1063 words)

Chesapeake Bay Program - Critter of the Month The white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus macroura, inhabits the forests and riparian woodlands of North and Central America and is abundant in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. White-tailed deer are currently overabundant in some regions, which can lead to starvation and a weakening of the population. The white-tailed deer's feeding habits are seasonally adaptive. www.chesapeakebay.net /info/deer.cfm   (687 words)

Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures White-tailed deer frequently eat agricultural crops, which can cause friction with farmers. White-tailed deer become sexually mature at 2 years of age. Its belly and the underside of its tail are completely white, and it has a white patch on its throat. animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/massive/whitedeer.html   (423 words)

White-tailed Deer The raised tail, with white hair underneath, serves as a visual warning to predators that the deer has spotted danger, and cannot be taken by surprise. Female adult white-tailed deer, or does, are very secretive and reclusive during fawning season, at which time, the doe will birth her fawn or fawns, and keep them in hiding until they are strong enough to join the family group again. White-tailed deer lice in wooded areas and edge habitat, which may be along streams, around wetlands, on rolling hillsides, in fields and pastures or remnant forests. www.wildlifeprairiestatepark.org /animalpages/deer.htm   (343 words)

THE WHITE-TAILED DEER - Canadian Wildlife The white-tailed deer is about 2 meters in length and 1 meter high to its shoulders. When the deer is alarmed it raises its tail like a flag and dashes away. Deer also eat the grain that is left in farmers' fields after the harvest. www.saskschools.ca /~gregory/animals/deer.html   (473 words)

White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus The white-tailed deer lives in farmlands, brushy and forested areas in most of southern Canada and except for two or three states in the west, all of the mainland United States. The white-tailed deer was once nearly wiped out in much of the northeast and midwest of the United States, but because of hunting restrictions and fewer predators, there are now more than ever. White-tailed deer live to be about 10 years, but some have lived as long as 20 years in captivity. www.blueplanetbiomes.org /whitetailed_deer.htm   (457 words)

Animal Encyclopedia: White-Tailed Deer Nature has given whitetails other survival skills, too. The male deer, or buck, rubs his antlers against trees to mark his territory. This built-in alarm system warns other deer that danger is near. www.animaland.org /asp/encyclopedia/whitetaileddeer.asp   (137 words)

Life History Notes: White-tailed Deer Whitetail deer are perhaps the most intensively managed wildlife species in the state. White patches are found around the eyes, on the throat, belly, tail (underside), and insides of the legs. The Division’s official deer management goal is to maintain county deer populations at a level that provides maximum recreational opportunity including hunting, viewing, and photography, while minimizing conflicts with agriculture, motor travel, and other human activities. www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/resources/wildnotes/pub101.htm   (1485 words)

Tatet - white tail deer A first-class Texas whitetail deer breeding farm, located on an impressive wilderness ranch. North America > United States > US States > Pennsylvania > Pennsylvania cities and locations > White Deer North America > United States > US States > Texas > Texas cities and locations > White Deer tatet.com /search-white_tail_deer.html   (770 words)

White deer run The under parts of the deer's body are white with a white patch on the run away while raising the tail upwards like a flag, exposing the white White Deer Run at Blue Mountain is situated on 7 wooded acres in the beautiful Blue Mountains of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. White Deer Creek near our western line running north to the Canadian River is valuable, having eighteen miles of lasting water on our land. substance-abuse.allworldsites.com /q/substance-abuse-white-deer-run.htm   (1282 words)

Columbia White-tailed deer Overview: The Columbia white-tailed deer is distinguished among the other 38 recognized subspecies of the white-tail by being one of the largest in size, and the westernmost in distribution. Historically found in native tidal spruce forest communities, the Columbia white-tailed deer was once considered to be abundant in the Willamette, Columbia, and Umpqua River valleys. Name: Columbia white-tailed deer (photo: USFWS John Holingsworth) www.pacificbio.org /ESIN/Mammals/ColumbiaWhiteTailedDeer/columbiawhitetaileddeerpg.html   (417 words)

White-tailed Deer In contrast to a mule deer's equally branching antlers, those of the whitetail consist of a number of tines arising from a main beam which curves forward. Arizona's other deer, the Coues, is a subspecies of the white-tailed deer. The tail is all white on the underside, gray to reddish-black on top, and is often carried high as an alarm signal. www.gf.state.az.us /h_f/game_cues.shtml   (441 words)

White-tailed Deer The tail is characteristically long and is white underneath. Although primarily nocturnal, deer may be active at any time, grazing on green plants, including aquatic ones in the summer; eating acorns, beechnuts and other nuts and corn in the fall; and in winter, browsing on wood vegetation, including the twigs and buds of viburnum, birch, maple and many conifers. The age of a deer cannot be told by the size of the antlers or the number of pints (tines), for antler development is determined by nutrition, not age. www.hensonrobinsonzoo.org /p002.html   (270 words)

SOFIA Kid's Page - Critters - White-tailed Deer White-tailed deer are found in forests, fields and swamps throughout the state of Florida and throughout the United States. White-tailed deer have a long tail that is white on the underside. The Key deer is a smaller variety of the white-tailed deer. sofia.usgs.gov /virtual_tour/kids/critters/deer.html   (197 words)

white tail deer texas Texas Trophy White Tail Deer Hunting in the Hill Country Trophy White Hunting M aner Ranch... Hunting trophy white tail deer and management white tail deer in the Texas Hill Country at Maner Ranch. Trophy White Tail Deer Hunting in the Texas Hill Country at Maner... refdkl.info /info/deer/white-tail-deer-texas   (313 words)

White-tailed Deer Detailed Information - Montana Animal Field Guide Coat grayish-brown in winter, reddish-brown in summer; underside of foot-long tail white; antlers consist of main beams, generally with three to five tines projecting upward; brow tines long; outside of lower hind foot has a small, teardrop-shaped scent gland; mature bucks weigh 250-275 lbs. Occupy small home ranges, do not migrate far; mostly nocturnal and secretive; solitary much of the time but form small groups in favored feeding areas; when alarmed or running, erect and wag their tails, causing white underside to flash. Deer-vehicle collisions (exceeding 20,000-30,000 per year in Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania) often result when deer are attracted to sodium-rich roadsides that result from use of deicing salt. fwp.state.mt.us /fieldguide/detail_AMALC02020.aspx   (436 words)

The Cellar - White Tail Deer Die-Off EHD is one of the most common diseases among white-tailed deer in the United States, and is contracted by the bite of insects called "biting midges." EHD usually kills the animal within five to 10 days, but is not spread from deer to deer. In 1996, EHD was suspected to be the cause of death in nearly 25 deer in Adams County. Today, six samples from deer in both counties are being sent to the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgia for testing. cellar.org /printthread.php?t=2313   (518 words)

The Kennett Paper - News - 10/24/2002 - Game Commission on top of potential deer threat Feaser said, epizootic hemorrhagic disease is the most common white-tail disease in the United States, but is principally found in the Southwest. Though the ban on importing deer is still on the Board of Game Commissioners gave preliminary approval at its Oct. 6 meeting to a series of regulatory changes that would establish specific criteria by which elk and deer could be imported while continuing to reduce the likelihood that CWD might enter the state. Deer may be a problem for many Pennsylvania residents, but the last thing we need are herds of infected, drooling, freaked out deer. www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=2250&dept_id=451985&newsid=5818170&PAG=461&rfi=9   (839 words)

Hunting in Pennsylvania - whitetail deer, elk, bobcat, black bear The National Audubon Society, a bird conservation group, has posted an article to their web site regarding out of control white tail populations in the eastern United States. The 2001-2002 antlered (buck) deer harvest was 203,247, compared to 203,221 during the 2000-2001 deer hunting seasons. The 2001-2002 antlerless (doe) deer harvest was 282,767, compared to the 2000-2001 deer harvest of 301,379. www.biggamehunt.net /sections/Pennsylvania/page6.html   (872 words)

Mule Deer (DesertUSA) Mule Deer antlers are normally smaller and branch to form 2 equal forks, while the male White-tailed Deer has forward curving antlers with a number of points (tines) branching from the main beam. The Mule Deer is slower and less colorful than the White-tailed Deer, but its pastel, gray-buff color provides a physical adaptation to the desert environment which disguises it from predators like the Cougar, the Coyote and the eagle who will swoop down on a fawn. White-tail deer are tan in color, with a larger tail. www.desertusa.com /feb97/du_muledeer.html   (1669 words)

Mule Deer (DesertUSA) Mule Deer antlers are normally smaller and branch to form 2 equal forks, while the male White-tailed Deer has forward curving antlers with a number of points (tines) branching from the main beam. The Mule Deer is slower and less colorful than the White-tailed Deer, but its pastel, gray-buff color provides a physical adaptation to the desert environment which disguises it from predators like the Cougar, the Coyote and the eagle who will swoop down on a fawn. Mule Deer are usually a dark gray-brown, with a small white rump patch and a small, black-tipped tail. www.desertusa.com /feb97/du_muledeer.html   (1669 words)

Mount Rainier National Park (Nature Notes) The tail of the white-tailed deer is black above also but there is a much wider fringe of white and the antlers branch not in Y's but as single tines from a heavier beam. The tail is black above with only a narrow fringe of white at the edges and there is no white rump-patch as with the mule deer. It is true that the Columbian black-tailed deer much more closely resembles the mule deer than it does the eastern white-tailed or Virginia deer, but there are marked differences in the two. www.nps.gov /mora/notes/vol3-14c.htm   (195 words)

eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail In East, White-footed Mouse’s tail is shorter than that of woodland form (tail of woodland form is more than half total length), and its tail and hindfeet are longer than those of prairie form (prairie form’s tail is less than half total length). The Deer Mouse caches food for winter use, routinely storing seeds and small nuts in hollow logs or other protected areas, but not as extensively as the White-footed Mouse. Discussion The Deer Mouse occurs over a large geographic area and range of habitats, and is highly variable in appearance. www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=MA0093   (195 words)

Deer hunting Canada; Outfitters and lodges for deer hunting Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario This graceful deer is well known to most North Americans, both deer hunting enthusiast and nonhunters alike, who recognize it by its habit of flourishing its tail over its back, revealing a stark white underside and white buttocks. This "flag" of the white-tailed deer is often glimpsed as the high spirited animal dashes away from people. Whitetail Deer, - Of all North America's large animals, the white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus is the most widely distributed and the most numerous. www.huntingoutfitters.ca /Deer_hunting_Canada.htm   (307 words)

Hinterland Who's Who - White-tailed Deer The brushy draws (valleys), parklands, and forest fringes of the prairies, westward to the foothills of the Rockies, are inhabited by the Dakota white-tailed deer. The white-tailed deer’s spotted, wobbly legged fawns, weighing 2 to 4 kg at birth, are born in late spring. The mule deer can be distinguished by a small white tail with a black tip and antlers that divide and redivide into paired beams and points. www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=106   (2353 words)

species page; fallow deer page 1 Fallow deer come in various colours of which there are four main varieties; the commonest being a warm fawn colour with white spots on the flanks, a white rump patch and tail, with a black border to the patch and through the centre of the tail. A very dark almost black variety can be commonly seen which has no light colour at all, and finally there are white (not albino) fallow deer. Fallow deer form separate sex herds for much of the year, coming together in October for the breeding season, known as the rut. www2002.stoke.gov.uk /museums/pmag/Nof_website1/species/mammals/deer/pages/fallow01.htm   (173 words)

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