White-tailed deer

The White-tailed deer can smell 100 times better than humans, this helps them protect themselves and choose habitats. The white-tailed deer is one of the most commonly known large animals in the world. They inhabit all continents besides Australia and Antarctica. The white-tailed deer is very unique because it can adapt too many different habitats and many different climates, from the frigid and snowy north to the hot and sandy south. Many people believe that the white-tailed deer chooses a habitat based on food availability; however the population of the area, shelter availability, and weather patterns also affect their choices. White-tailed deer are very agile animals, they run, jump, and swim very well. Deer are buoyant because their hair is hollow and it fills with air, this helps them if they…

prevent, or maintain overpopulation of White-Tailed Deer (WTD). Although killing is the oldest, and most effective method of deer population control according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC). Some animal rights groups like People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA) feel that killing of the WTD is not the answer to the problem. The population of these beautiful WTD is on the rise, the question on how to effectively slow down the growth. According to State Farm…

The whitetail deer is one of the most abundant animals that are hunted in the US. It is a game animal that brings loads of money to people and regions around the US. From selling hunts, paying for deer to get mounted, to paying for the meat there is a large industry for deer here in the South especially. They are one of the most majestic game animals in the US. Its common name is the Whitetail Deer, its scientific name is Odocoileus virginianus. The white-tailed deer can be found in southern…

*talking on phone* Mom, a deer hit my car. Please don’t freak out. It wasn’t my fault. No, the deer hit me. I swear, Mom. *speaking to audience* Deers are involved in 1.5 million vehicle collisions per year in the U.S. White-tailed deer are very commonly found in the United States, and there is a lot more to learn about this well-known “roadkill.” As most of you know, there are many white-tailed deer where we live, but they are also found in places like southern Canada and as far as South…

Managers focus on white-tailed deer as an economic commodity, as hunting leases can be an important source of income (Bartoskewitz et al. 2003). It is suggested that white-tailed deer are probably the most popular big game animal in the world (Hiller 1996). In the United States, white-tailed deer contribute billions of dollars to the nation’s economy each year in the form of hunts, which support wildlife research and management (Hiller 1996). Many landowners and managers have adopted the use of…

decided to watch white tail deer behaviors. White tail deer is one of my favorite animals among many. I have done this by Sitting in my stand and have used my past experiences watching my fair share of deer. Which has lead me to look even further. I have concluded that there are eight different ways a deer moves its tail. I also wanted to know more about how they eat, what they eat, and how they can digest al theses different types of food. Deer are generally browsers, meaning they eat primarily…

1. Shen X, Bourg NA, McShea WJ, Turner BJ. 2016. Long-term effects of white-tailed deer exclusion on the invasion of exotic plants: a case study in a mid-atlantic temperate forest. PLoS ONE. 11(3): 1-16. This article examines the impacts of white-tailed deer browsing on invasive plant species, both of these are biotic stressors that impact many forest ecosystems. Researchers in this study used a 4 hectare deer exclosure built in 1991 to study the influence of white-tailed deer, on the abundance…

Walker Wilson 2/26/16 English 6th White-tailed deer white-tailed deer are beautiful creatures that live and inhabit North America. The white-tailed deer is one of the most common species of deer found in North America. Their distinct white tail that is raised and flagged when danger is present tells them apart from any other specimen. The white-tailed deer Is unique,graceful and a clever creature that roams the bug infested swamps of Florida to the cedar forests in the North West to the…

Before an in depth analysis about the visual perceptions of both the common barn owl (Tyto alba) and the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virgiriianus) can be provided, it is important for the reader to understand the environments of which these organisms can from. Unlike the Odocoileus, the Tyto genus are nocturnal, medium sized creatures with white-brown fur, and are found in almost all parts of the globe except Antarctica (Harris, 2002). In regards to the courtship ritual among these owls, it is…

Turkey, Mosses and more. This keeps the species population under control because if there is an over population of that species there won’t be enough wood for those animals and they will die off from starving. Some rules being that during the season you can only hunt one deer. Canada had encouraged the hunting of Geese because they are over populating. The geese at one point where endangered but they populated so much that they began to damage land and move into more civilian areas. When this…