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White Tail Deer

White Tail Deer

Based on studies their is apoximently 36 million deer in the united states as of 2024. They have a great number of things keeping their population from getting to high, like predation,CWD"chronic wasting disease" which is a deadly disease for deer,elk,moose and other speciecs,Hunters which is the leading cause of death for White Tail.

Average year for a Deer

The White tail deer is a white tailed deer, They have tan colored furr in the summer and in the winter months they have a grey color fur to adapt with the habitat. There is two types male and female. The males have horns but the females do not. The male White tail sheed their horns every year about end of January.They re-grow their horns through the summer. In time for the rut in October. The rut is a time of mating for deer they run around for miles every day during October looking for female Deers to breed.During the rut they are hunted all across america they are the most hunted animal in the americas this hunting season last until the end of december in some parts depends on where you hunt.After the rut they prepare for the winter the eat alot of food and gain alot of body fat.With the average 3-5 year old deer weighing 205-270 pounds More information.Then they just repeat this cycle.

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