The White Tailed Deer Behavior

In this essay I will be talking about how I’m against this statement, “ The number of creatures on Earth has increased over time.” That state is wrong because number of creatures has decreased over time.

Hunting is very valuable to me, but the value is deeper than just hunting. There are so many aspects of hunting that I love. But I cherish my bow above all of them. Having my bow with me when I’m in the stand or when I’m at my neighbor’s house practicing, gives me a since of dominance. Also brings me pride knowing I’ve worked hard and stayed committed to something I truly love. There are all kinds of animals to hunt and different ways to hunt them. My favorite type of animal to hunt, is the white tail deer. While hunting the allusive deer I like to follow a code of ethics, which a lot of people don’t follow. Even though I would have liked to be given all my hunting needs, I’m proud of myself for going out and getting those needs by myself. Buying my bow and getting into bow hunting, caused me to take responsibility and taught me to stay committed to a true value in my life.

Would you ever want to kill someone because they are valuable and famous? No right? Well that's what is happening to animals and some people are just having to pay $500, don’t you think there should be more? According to Star Tribune the only punishment for killing deer when it is not deer season is only $500. That's not enough for killing animals and making the become endangered. Therefore, there should be a bigger consequence for poaching for because it leads to endangerment of animals and animals should not be used to make things that we want.

I followed my dad through the tall grass in the field to reach my deer. Excitement entered my body as I thought about how big the deer was that I had just shot. The deer would have had to have been at least an eight-pointer, maybe even bigger, I thought. The distance between me and my deer began to shrink. I could not wait to see how big my deer actually was. As I approached the deer, my heart sank a little. My deer was an eight-pointer but had a body that resembled a large-sized dog.

There is no other big-game animal in North America like the white-tailed deer. The whitetails habitat is so widespread that it covers just about all of North America and parts of Central America. The white-tailed deer is the most commonly hunted big game animal ever. Before the settlers arrived, an estimated 30 million whitetails inhabited what is now the United States and Canada. But as settlers pursued them for food and market hunters slaughtered them with snares, traps, and set guns, the deer population underwent a disastrous decline. By 1900, only 400,000 whitetails remained.

When the white-tailed deer show up in my backyard, it's like witnessing a direct link to an age almost forgotten. I freeze in my tracks, and I can't help but think about their unbroken chain of ancestors going back into the ancient past. These animals were here long before any settlers arrived from Europe. They were the hunted long before rifles replaced bows and arrows. They knew these lands when the waters were still clean and the air was still fresh. They knew these lands when there were no cars and no railroads. They were here before horses were brought to this continent from Europe. In their majestic silence, the deer have witnessed footpaths become trails, trails become roads, and roads become interstates. Their resilience is remarkable.

The coyote will catch the deer and eat them, but mostly for survival as their food but the deer will mostly eat the grass as prey and survival and the coyotes are the predators. While the white tailed deer are grazing it is easier for the coyote to catch the white-tailed deer. In the spring the coyotes will most likely catch the fawn in open feilds where wolves and bears are not. So they would not be the prey but they are anyway. If the coyotes catch enough deer and savage them, then the deer might still be there for the winter or for the summer. The white tailed deer are the main prey for the coyotes because, it

As a deer hunter, I never like to hear about whether another fellow hunter’s herd is much smaller this year. To understand what the author is conveying and whether the reader is engaged and informed of the issue, we need to look at the points Honeycutt is making. Coyotes predatory behaviour on white tail deer is the main reason why herd numbers are so small. Furthermore to understand if his message is getting across we need to look at the importance of the points he is making. Not many hunters realize that coyotes are having a significant impact on herd numbers. This is the point the author of the article How Coyotes Killed Deer Hunting makes.

Mule deer and Whitetail deer share many similarities and differences. The first similarity between them is that males are called bucks and the females are called does. Secondly, they are both hunted a lot, for both their meat and their antlers. On the other hand Mule deer and Whitetail deer have many differences.

White-tailed deer are large primary consumers or herbivores that feed on plants (primary producers). Their diet consists mainly of grasses, herbaceous plants, and fruits. Their diet changes according to the habitat and season. For instance, they feed on green plants such as grasses, forbs, crops, leaves, twigs, and buds during the summer and spring season (Curtis and Sullivan 2001). In the fall, they concentrate on nuts, acorns, and corns. They eat twigs and buds during the winter season.

They do this to adapt to the colour of the current season they are in. This can benefit in many ways such as camouflage or hide from predators. The White-tails deer is an important part of the environment as it is a good food source for bobcats, panthers, and coyotes. Another extremely important role in the environment they play is eating invasive plant species since they are herbivores. If the White-tail deer was to be taken out of the ecosystem, a lot of these plants would invade or

In the eastern United States, the white-tailed deer is so abundant that it is destroying broad amounts of herbivory. Even after legal hunting season, deer are abundant even near cities. As the coyote migrated east, the largest and most abundant food source became the white-tailed deer. The western coyote weighs on average 20-40 lbs while the white-tailed deer can weight up to 140 lbs. To take advantage of this food source, a genetic change must occur in the coyote population. With the addition of wolf DNA, weight and muscling is added to the slim physique of the coyote. “The larger body size of northeastern coyotes is widely accepted as advantageous for hunting large prey"(Kirchman 92). The coyotes that bred with wolves became genetically favorable over coyotes of western decent. The “northeastern coyote” or “coy wolf” became the apex predator of the eastern region over that of the wolf or western coyote because it is able to live off of the most abundant food source of the region. Wolves can live off of deer also, but they are not as adaptable to industrialized areas as the coy wolf. This hybrid can also live off of more than just deer, but almost any small game in the eastern region. They can also scavenge from the scraps of humans such as garbage and pet

People often think that deer are the kind of animal that will try to avoid humans, staying as far away from us as possible. Although the deer are often afraid of humans, they do not always do well in the deep forest setting. The deer are not like most animals that are found in the forest; they actually do very well in a relatively rural setting. Unlike the grizzly bear which prefers to be alone, and really can not survive with humans, the deer has survived and is growing in numbers because of the human. Although the food is generally unwillingly taken, man has been feeding the deer for years. Deer love to eat farmers’ crops, vegetable gardens, and any landscaping flowers they can find. Not only has man been feeding the deer, but we have also eliminated almost all of their predators. The population of wolves and coyotes are gone in most regions. Hunting is strictly controlled by officials, and cannot really guarantee anything as far as population control. Therefore, there is no good way to control the population.

When you think of a mammal who regularly kills humans, the white-tailed deer does not come to mind. Unfortunately, the white-tailed deer often jumps in front of vehicles, causing more than one million collisions resulting in over two hundred deaths a year. In James Gorman’s article, he persuaded me that by bringing the eastern cougar back to its original home, the number of deaths would significantly reduce. He explains both the benefits and downsides of cougars returning to their natural habitat.

Correspondingly, beyond the grass, a pond puts forward its purpose as the substantial amount of wildlife presented depends on its spring. As each creature drinks from the water, the motion creates a wonderstruck view of ripples across the clear, blue water. Since each creature cannot sustain life without water, one could easily observe a variety of animals. Furthermore, among all the creatures including the birds, squirrels, and rabbits, I find the whitetail deer to be superior to observe. This creature offers superiority to others because of its obvious strength, independence, and beauty. The whitetail deer is an elegant creature with a tan, brown colored coat with a white undercarriage, accompanied by dark brown eyes. Likewise, the deer as