White-tailed deer known as Virginia deer

The white-tailed deer also known as the Virginia deer, or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States (all but five of the states), Canada, Mexico, Central America, and in South America as far south as Peru. It has also been introduced to New Zealand and some countries in Europe, such as Finland and the Czech Republic


What do they look like?
White-tailed deer are 3-3 ½ feet tall at the shoulder and weigh 50-250 pounds. Males are larger than females and grow antlers from March-August. Antlers are shed in late winter. On rare occasions, a female will grow antlers. The deer coat is reddish brown in the summer and grayish brown in the winter. Fawns are reddish brown with white spots.

What do they eat?
White-tailed deer are browsers and grazers. They eat the twigs, buds and leaves of a wide variety of plants, including greenbrier, poison ivy, wildflowers, honeysuckle and oak seedlings. They feed on acorns, fruits and agricultural crops such as corn and soybeans