Whitetail Deer

Whitetail Deer Buck and Doe

Whitetail Deer are a very successful species of deer in much of North America and Northern South America.  They have moved into my state of Utah in the USA.  They moved in rather recently sometime between 2000 and 2004.  In Utah only the far north has Whitetail Deer.  Whitetail Deer are far more common in the Eastern States of the USA.

Whitetails are smaller than the native Mule Deer.  Whitetail Deer weigh between 90 and 200 lbs.  Mule Deer weigh between 100 and 220 lbs.  The  bucks or males are bigger in both species.

This drawing is of an Atypical Whitetail Deer.  It's rack or antlers are considerably wider than most.  The doe beside him does not have a set of antlers.  In the deer family only Reindeer and Caribou have females with antlers.

This drawing is in honor of the deer hunt that starts this weekend in Utah.  I do not hunt deer myself,   I am a fisherman, not a hunter.  In fact, we took our grandchildren fishing today and we all caught some \Rainbow Trout.  You should know that if there were no hunt then hundreds of deer would starve in the winter.  Venison or deer meat is very good eating as well. . . in many people's opinion.

This drawing was done from a photo taken at Cabelas   . . . a sporting goods store.  I had my fishing rod line redone today.  Cabelas has awesome taxidermy animals and a set of large aquariums with live fish.  Our grandkids loved it!  The drawing is clearly not exact.  But I don't think it is too bad even so.  The antlers are very different but antlers vary among deer of the same species.

Whitetail Deer Buck and Doe Photo from Cabelas

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