In eastern Colorado leaves and twigs fall from trees and lay on the ground
and plants grow fruits. As soon as the sun comes up the whitetail deer runs
in hunger trying to get to the fruit. A fawn is born in a  beautiful habitat,
but it cannot walk when it is born. It has to wait at least thirty minutes
before it can walk. After about three or four weeks a fawn follows its mother
to find food. They eat leaves, twigs, nuts, fruits and plenty of grass.
They are 100% vegetarian. The fawn imitates its mother and other deer. A
doe is 90 to 170 lb. A buck is 125 to 200 lb. They're 3 to 4 feet tall
from their feet to their shoulder. For fawns to grow strong they chase other
deer, they jump and kick back their legs. From the heart-shaped tracks it
is impossible to tell if it's a mule deer track or a whitetail deer track.
They have beautiful red coats in spring and have gray coats in fall and
winter. They live in eastern and northwestern Colorado. They live in scattered
groups in the mountains. They're scientific name is Odocoileus Virginianus.
They have 50 relatives. |
I got my information from COLORADO WILDLIFE by Jeff Rennicke, THE WHITETAIL by Mark E. Ahlstrom and THE WONDER OF WHITETAILS by Patricia Lantier-Sampon. |
Have you ever seen a deer gracefully jump up to get some
fruit from a fruit tree, or even kneel down to get some nice grass, or even
Newborns are very small but stand up within 30 minutes of being born. They nurse on the mother's milk which helps give them energy! More than 12 million white-tails are found in I got my information from THE WONDERS OF WHITE-TAILS by Lantier Sampson. |
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nibble down in the snow to find some nuts? If so, it might have been
a white-tailed deer. The white-tailed deer is eaten by predators like mountaion
lions, coyotes, timber wolves, bobcats, and even house dogs! When white-tails
hear another deer's left foot stamp on the ground that means there is danger.
North America. On the average the northern white-tails
are larger and lighter in color and have shorter legs than white-tails that
live in hot, humid areas. The white-tails look like a beautiful red or gray
deer with big long antlers! How old would a white-tail be if it has 8 points
on its antlers? Well probably 4 or 5 years old!!!