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What resources do deer use?
For deer to survive they need food, water, shelter/cover, and space to move about and find their daily requirements. These are the essential components of habitat. Without them, deer will not be successful at surviving and reproducing.
Where are white tailed deer found?
The white-tailed deer can be found in southern Canada and most of the United States, except for the Southwest, Alaska and Hawaii. A deer’s home range is usually less the a square mile. Deer collect in family groups of a mother and her fawns. When a doe has no fawns, she is usually solitary.
What is the niche of the deer?
The ecological niche of deer in most ecosystems is that of both herbivore and prey. Because of their large size, deer often serve as prey for larger…
What is a whitetail deer’s diet?
White-tailed deer are herbivores, leisurely grazing on most available plant foods. Their stomachs allow them to digest a varied diet, including leaves, twigs, fruits and nuts, grass, corn, alfalfa, and even lichens and other fungi.
What is the order of a white tailed deer?
Even-toed ungulates
Therapsid
White-tailed deer/Order
How much energy does it take to kill a whitetail deer humanely?
“What is thought to be the minimum foot-pounds of energy required to dispatch anything from whitetail deer to moose humanely and ethically?” The most common figure thrown around when hunters discuss the energy required to ethically kill a whitetail is 1,000 ft.-lb.
What is the best bullet for hunting whitetail deer?
As an example, it is more ethical to hit a whitetail with a 225-grain Barnes Expander bullet, which has a mere 600 ft.-lb. of energy at 75 yards, than with a 500-grain solid from a .470 Nitro Express, which has 4,000 ft.-lb. of energy at that range.
What is white-tailed deer management?
White-tailed deer management involves two primary facets: habitat management and population management. In habitat management, we manage where the deer live. In population management, we manage the deer themselves.
What is considered a quality deer habitat?
Quality deer habitat includes a mixture of trees, shrubs, vines, forbs, grasses and other plants such as fungi and sedges. Certain plants within each of these categories benefit deer more than others.