White Tailed Deer Information
What They Eat
       In the wild, deer eat leaves, grass, buds, berries, bark, wild       grapes, twigs, shrubs, nuts, fruits, lechens, fungi,
apples and acorn A study done in Pennsylvania several years ago found  raspberry canes
to be their favorite food.
Where They Live
Forest swamps riparian woodlands.

They usually travel in small groups of three or fewer animals (a doe female deer and
 fawns baby deer). The male (men deer) have antlers which are shed each winter, and grow a new each each  spring or summer. female (girl deer) do not have antlers.
Description
A tan or reddish brown in the summer and greyish-brown in the winter, the belly, throat, nose band, eye ring and insides of the ears are white. There are black spots on the sides of the chin. Deers are long legged fast animals.  Deer are extremely cautious animals with keen senses of smell and hearing. . Both White-tailed and Mule deer can run as fast as 40 miles per hour and are good swimmers. When a number gather together trampling down the snow in an area, it is known as a ''deer yard".


white tailed buck ,boy deer

Behavior

         Behavior and habitat preferences also distinguish the species. White tails are wary and secretive, traveling and feeding primarily at sundown and during the hours immediately afterward, and again in the hours before dawn. They usually stay in or close to timber, creeks and shelter belts, and they bolt for cover at any hint of danger. At home in farm country, white tails are the predominant species in eastern Nebraska, but they have extended their range, moving westward along rivers and streams

Mating and Birth
The mating season for white-tailed deer occurs in October through January. Fawns are born in April through July. Fawns are born with spots to help camouflage them.