Deer are hoofed animals which grow about six feet long and 3 to 4 feet high. They are reddish or grayish in color depending on the season. Their weight usually is different between the male (buck) and the female (doe), although the larger bucks may be over 400 pounds. The natural life span of a whitetail is 11 to 12 years, (17 to 20 yrs. in captivity) although many live for less time, since they are either hunted or killed by predators. It is believed that where deer are hunted, they live for only about 1.5 years.

There are three types of deer: the grazers, who eat grass; the intermediate feeders, who eat a variety of foods; and concentrate selectors, who eat mostly browse. Browse consists of leaves, twigs and a various assortment of shoots and vines. The type of eater a deer is depends on the deer's geographic location, changes in climate, and genetics. Most deer are intermediate feeders; and eat anything that they can find.

A deer's breeding habits change and are in 4 different sections. The Prerut. The prerut brings about a great change in the whitetail's behavior. They becomes more aggressive towards other deer. Bucks by far go through the largest

The whitetail has not only survived modern man's intrusion into its natural environments, the species has benefited from that invasion. Changes of habitats and modern land use have created various cover and food which have helped the whitetail. Compared to conditions during prehistoric times, this trespassing of man has lead to a large increase in deer numbers as well as the range of area inhabited.

behaviorial change, while the does usually spend this time eating and allowing their bodies to prepare for the rut.

Spring is when the year begins and the deer are improving from the winter food shortage, does are giving birth to the fawns, and the buck's antlers begin to grow for the next mating season. Spring is the start of a new year for the whitetail deer.

This unlimited range of deer has lead to the evolution of many different types of whitetail deer, such as the dark gray deer found in the mountains of North America, and the orange-cinnamon deer of South America. These different types were classified as different species until the late 1800s. There are now more than 30 different sub-species of whitetail deer; with 17 sub-species in the U.S. and Canada, and 13 more in Mexico and Central Amer

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