https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer
The white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia, where it predominately inhabits high mountain terrains of the Andes. [3]

https://www.britannica.com/animal/white-tailed-deer
white-tailed deer, (Odocoileus virginianus), common American deer of the family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla) that covers a huge range from the Arctic Circle in western Canada to 18 degrees south of the Equator in Peru and Bolivia.The white-tailed deer get its name from the long white hair on the underside of the tail and rump. During flight the hair is flared, and the tail is held aloft like

https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/White-tailedDeer/LifeTimesoftheWhitetail/Pages/HistoryoftheWhitetail.aspx
The harvest in 1907 was 230 deer. Hunters in Pennsylvania have been harvesting more than 300,000 deer for more than 20 years. That's more than six million deer harvested in a quarter of a century. Recall that there were only 300,000 living deer in the entire country slightly more than a hundred years ago.

https://extension.psu.edu/white-tailed-deer
The white-tailed deer is Pennsylvania's state animal. Today, Pennsylvania has an estimated 1.5 million deer—about 30 deer per square mile. The white-tailed deer is Pennsylvania's state animal. Deer play an important role in our forests, and everyone admires their graceful beauty. "Whitetails" have been a part of Penn's Woods for many centuries.

https://www.themeateater.com/wired-to-hunt/whitetail-management/how-the-whitetail-nearly-went-extinct
By the early 1800s, as explained by Richard Nelson in his "Heart and Blood ," whitetail deer populations declined by 35-50% from pre-Columbian levels. As the frontier marched west, so did the impacts of over-hunting. "Around 1830, in Midwestern states like Illinois and Missouri, venison sold for two or three cents per pound and deer

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/white-tailed-deer
White-tailed deer, the smallest members of the North American deer family, are found from southern Canada to South America. In the heat of summer they typically inhabit fields and meadows using

https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/a/4227/files/2015/11/The-Natural-History-of-White-tailed-Deer-vot8je.pdf
History of Deer Abundance • Mid-1800s - large-scale clearing of land for agriculture and timber reduced the area of forest and available habitat significantly • Habitat loss combined with market hunting and hunting for food led to lowest deer population in history by 1880 • Deer absent or rare in much of the state. Meyer, 1995.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/pubs_journals/2020/rmrs_2020_hanberry_b009.pdf
Figure 1. The 1950 (A), 1970 (B), 1982 (C), and 2003 (D; 2001 to 2005) deer densities in the southeastern United States, covering about 1.35 million km2. The low‐density class is 5.8 deer/km2, the moderately low density class is 5.8 -11.6 deer/km2, the moderately high density class is 11.6 -17.4 deer/km2, and < the high density class is

https://lewis-clark.org/sciences/mammals/deer/white-tailed-deer/
T he white-tailed deer is the oldest species of deer in the world today, its first appearance dating back to the Pliocene, perhaps 3.5 million years ago. According to some zoologists, there are now 38 subspecies of the white-tail occupying a range that extends from the jungles of northern South America to the fringes of Canada's boreal forests, and from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific

https://www.treehugger.com/white-tailed-deer-facts-5179585
Whitetail deer herd swimming across a river in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Larry Keller, Lititz Pa. / Getty Images. The IUCN estimates the population of white-tailed deer in the United States to number

https://nadefa.org/2019/02/13/whitetail-deer/
History. While whitetail deer farming as a commercial venture has a relatively short history, records of whitetail deer farming have been found in the United States dating back to the turn of the century. At that time, whitetail deer populations were dangerously low due to mass habitat devastation and widespread hunting. In an effort to

https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g9479
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is one of Missouri's most valuable wildlife resources (Figure 1). Each year, hunters spend more than six million hunter-days in the field pursuing the whitetail, contributing $1.1 billion annually to the Missouri economy and supporting over 12,000 jobs in the process.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/61474
Despite widespread interest in white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the southeastern United States, historical deer populations and densities have not been compiled into one accessible source. ... Phillip. 2020. Regaining the history of deer populations and densities in the southeastern United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 44(3

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_lf_w7000_0007.pdf
The whitetail is one of the most researched, observed, sought after, cussed and discussed of all wildlife species in Texas. Few of us, however, are aware of the basic principles which rule this majestic animal's life. Following are some of the most frequently asked questions about white-tailed deer in Texas.

https://thefactfile.org/white-tailed-deer-facts/
25. White-tailed deer can chew and digest thorny vegetation due to their four-chambered stomach. So, the small deer eat quickly without chewing and cough up the food later to chew it. Besides this, white-tailed deer can eat poisonous mushrooms because of their four-chambered stomach. White-tailed deer facts.

https://mndeerhunters.com/about-mdha/news/88-from-whitetales/144-100-years-of-hunting-minnesota-whitetails
The season was only closed in 1939 and 1941. During the 1950s, the season was closed only in 1951, for the first time in 10 years. In 1959, the harvest broke the 100,000 deer milestone for the very first time with 104,000 after 40 years of recreational deer hunting. And harvest exceeded 100,000 in 8 of 10 years from 1959-1968.

https://www.americanheritage.com/return-white-tailed-deer
In the East the white-tailed deer was one of the first principal beneficiaries. Within a remarkably short time restoration efforts in one state after another bore fruit. Small resident herds that had survived the dark days of the iSoo's multiplied and spread. Transplants of a few animals mushroomed to thousands within a few years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAyZee8gujM
Boone and Crockett Country is an all-new series dedicated to topics on conservation and hunting. Career wildlife biologist and conservationist Shane Mahoney

https://forestry.alabama.gov/Pages/Informational/Forms/Life_History/Life_History_of_the_White-tailed_Deer.pdf
MANAGEMENT: White-tailed deer populations will benefit from timber harvests, prescribed burning, food plots and active herd management. Harvesting trees opens the canopy of the forest so herbaceous plants are stimulated to grow. Pine stands thinned to a basal area of 50-70 square feet per acre are excellent for deer.

https://wrvhs.org/articles/white-tailed-deer/
The history of white-tailed deer in Missouri shows the positive and negative influences humans can have on wildlife. During pre-settlement times, the whitetail was abundant in Missouri. The influx of European settlers to Missouri during the last half of the 19th century coincided with a rapid decline in the deer population. Unrestricted market hunting and habitat destruction, such as cutting

https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/white-tailed-deer
In summer, white-tailed deer are reddish-brown to tan above; the winter the colors are grayish to grayish brown. Fawns are reddish, brown, or reddish-yellow spotted with white; they lose their spots and acquire uniform coloration at 3-5 months of age. Antlers normally occur only in males and are formed and shed each year. Antler growth starts in April or May. During the growth period, the

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/management/history.html
At the time of European settlement, white-tailed deer in Minnesota existed throughout the wooded river valleys and woodlands of central and southern Minnesota. In northern Minnesota, where the forest habitat was much different than it is today, deer were absent or rare. Moose and woodland caribou were the most abundant members of the deer

https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/white-tailed-deer-harvests-are-down-history-shows-theyre-likely-rebound
Fish and Game's whitetail management was shaped by public input. Idaho deer hunters have consistently told Fish and Game they want to hunt every year, and three-quarters of respondents to Fish and Game's hunter survey that informed development of the 2020-2025 White-tailed Deer Management Plan said annual hunting opportunity was important to

https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/texas-depopulates-captive-deer-herd-cwd/
By May 28, 254 of the captive whitetail deer that had died at the ranch since March 2021 had tested positive for CWD, TPWD officials said. In a past legal filing, the agency referred to the breeding operation as "the worst-ever CWD outbreak" in Texas history, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram .

https://www.wkrn.com/special-reports/white-tailed-deer-fawns-not-allowed-to-be-rehabilitated-in-tn/
Because of the spread of diseases like Chronic Wasting Disease, which has been found in 17 counties in Tennessee, wildlife rehabilitators are no longer allowed to accept white-tailed deer fawns.

https://www.outdoornews.com/2024/06/28/heres-how-to-lay-eyes-on-your-target-deer-in-midsummer-so-you-can-build-a-fall-hunting-plan/
It wasn't that long ago that the word "hit-lister" didn't exist in the whitetail-hunting lexicon. With the growing-deer movement, that has all changed. It's no longer just the power couples on hunting shows who name deer and develop a long history with individual bucks before they are deemed worthy of a tag.

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https://phys.org/news/2024-06-chronic-disease-counties.html
The known status of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild white-tailed deer by county in the 2019-20 season according to the results of surveillance testing by US state wildlife agencies.

https://gf.nd.gov/news/7667
North Dakota's deer gun lottery has been held and more than 3,800 licenses remain. Only resident applicants who were unsuccessful in the lottery can apply for remaining licenses. Licenses will be mailed to successful applicants in early August. More than 70,000 individuals applied for a deer gun lottery license, in addition to over 13,000 gratis applicants.

https://idfg.idaho.gov/licenses/tag/returns/june-27-2024-event
History / Funding / Direction ... * Includes reserved white-tailed tags that are made available after the initial statewide quota has sold out. ... Sold Out . Updated 06/27/2024 11:45am MDT. Elk; Regular Deer; White-tailed Deer; White-tailed Deer Tags. Nonresidents only. Tags can not exceed 183 total across the unit limits listed below. Game