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White tail deer

Whitetail deer's coat is reddish brown in the spring and summer, and it turns to gray-brown in the fall and winter. You can recognize a whitetail deer by the characteristic white under-side of it's tail, which is most likely to be seen, when the deer has been alarmed or scared.

The buck { male } deer usually weighs in at about 130 to 220 pounds, but in some rare cases, whitetail deer in the excess of 350 pounds have been recorded . Doe deer {female} usually weighs in at about 140 to 180 pounds.

Antlers begin to grow in late spring and are covered in velvet. They grow through summer, fall and winter to fall off again in late winter to spring time. Typical antlers are symmetrical on both sides and the points grow straight up from the main beam. Non typical antlers are asymmetrical and the points may project at or in any angle from the main beam.

The doe deer enter into estrus, colloquially called the RUT, in the fall of the year, normally in late October through the month of November. Buck deer compete for the opportunity to breed the most females. Bucks sleep and eat very little this time of the year. The buck deer will paw up spots in several different places trying to attract a doe in heat. The bucks will urinate, rubbing his back legs together over two tarsal glands to leave his strong scent for the females.

If a female wanders by, and likes what she smells, she will in turn do the same. When the buck comes to check the progress of his pawed spots, and detects where a doe deer has visited, then the chase begins. When you have several buck deer trying to use the same area, you tend to find what they call a scrape. A scrape is where a buck rubs his horns up and down on the side of a tree to warn other buck deer that this territory belongs to him. Here are a couple of example of deer scrapes we found this year. Deer can be still hunted or stalked. No matter if you use a gun or a bow, this is a hunt you don't want to miss. Happy hunting.

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