{"id":3714,"date":"2020-10-24T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T15:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/?p=3714"},"modified":"2020-10-24T00:49:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T04:49:25","slug":"whitetail-deer-biology-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorsportsnation.com\/whitetail-deer-biology-primer\/pentecostkyle12\/hunting\/10\/24\/2020\/3714\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitetail Deer: Biology Primer"},"content":{"rendered":"
We spend so much time hunting deer in the fall and trying to spot them in the offseason. Capturing our hearts and imagination, they are one of the most important wild species in our country. Nearly every community in the country east of colorado has a population of whitetail deer. Let’s talk a bit about whitetails as a species. The more we deepen our understanding of how this iconic mammal thinks and what motivates them, the better we will be as hunters, outdoorsmen, and stewards of the natural world.<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong><\/p>\n Whitetail deer are the most widely distributed wild ungulate (hoofed mammal) east of the Rockies. West of the Rocky Mountains, mule deer and blacktail deer can be found in their place. There are now more whitetail deer than there were when Columbus discovered America. The current best estimate of the US population of whitetails is right around 35 million deer. At 4 million deer, Texas contains about 10% of the whole whitetail population in the United States. The lone star state tops the list for the largest whitetail population in the country, by state.<\/p>\n