Whitetail Deer Hunting

The major thing to know about the whitetail deer is that these deer are very much active at night and they have their mating and mingling activities all during the night. By night it is not exactly night by it is meant that they are very active at dawn and also very active at dusk.

This is true about the mature bucks as well.  

The deer will sleep during the daytime. These deer though are never actually asleep and they are kind of dozing off so that they are aware of the predators as and when they come. That is the reason that when you do whitetail deer hunting you have to be very careful as to what time of the day you do that. Apart from the fact that these deer never sleep in the same spot twice. They are smart enough to know that some other animal can easily smell their scent and come to hunt for them.

Now the major thing to note is that the deer that is male deer or the back will always travel together in a band and will almost never go along with a group of female deer or does as we call them. However the young does or the fawns as they are called are known to be together with the does for a long period of time. They will also have white spots on their body which will mean that they can not be easily seen. Gradually that spots are gone as they grow as then they can easily run fast and save themselves and have no reason for a natural camouflage.

The breeding season is between October and December and the mating season around December and January. The gestation period for the does is around the 7 months.

In general the deer weigh around 100 to 250 pounds. In some case they may be of about 300 – 350 pounds. That is why while going for whitetail deer hunting you should make sure that you have the best of the ropes to drag them.

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