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beezer
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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:59 am Post subject: deer size |
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Hi guys I wonder if someone could list for me the north american deer species . Smallest to largest and how do they compare to european deer.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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We get some good sized whitetails in Michigan, not often, but the biggens usually dress at 200 lbs +.
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DallanC
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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As stated deer size varies with region but generally it goes
Cous
Whitetail
Blacktail
Mule Deer
Caribou
Elk
Moose
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beezer
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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Thank's guys. It'll be nice to know and compare what folks are talking about when I read your posts on deer. I see without exotics you've only 1 more than us here. Just bigger.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:59 am Post subject: Re: deer size |
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| DallanC wrote: |
As stated deer size varies with region but generally it goes
Cous
Whitetail
Blacktail
Mule Deer
Caribou
Elk
Moose |
You left out one Dallan. The smallest is the Key deer in Florida.
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Bushmaster
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:25 am Post subject: Re: deer size |
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O K...Lets try again...
Key
Cous
Blacktail
Whitetail
Mule Deer
Tule Elk
West Coast Elk
Roosevelt Elk
Moose
I knew there was a smaller deer then the Cous, but I couldn't think of it...Thanks Popgun.
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deermanager
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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er yeah!
We got
Muntjac
Chineese Water Deer
Roe Deer
Fallow Deer
Sika Deer
Red Deer
WOW i did it!
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1895ss
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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"Key" deer are a subspecies of Whitetail like "Blacktail" is a subspecies of Mule Deer.
www.kerrlake.com/deer/white.htm
www.calmzoo.org/storie...yReader$71
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Bushmaster
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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1895soslow...And your point?? From the freezer to the table they taste the same...Tasty...But thanks for the biology lesson anyway...
"soslow" Isn't that what "ss" means???  Took me a while to figure it out, but I did... 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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Bushmaster
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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L M A O
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DallanC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: deer size |
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I personally never heard of Key deer until this thread. Learn something new constantly it seems.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: Re: deer size |
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| Bushmaster wrote: |
O K...Lets try again...
Key
Cous
Blacktail
Whitetail
Mule Deer
Tule Elk
West Coast Elk
Roosevelt Elk
Moose
I knew there was a smaller deer then the Cous, but I couldn't think of it...Thanks Popgun. |
MORE BIOLOGY
We have in North America
: Whitetail 17 subspecies
www.kerrlake.com/deer/white.htm
: Mule Deer 7-11 subspecies
www.muledeernet.org/specdesc.htm
:Caribou 3 subspecies
www.caribou-hunting.ca...ecies.html
: Elk 6 subspecies : Eastern, Rocky Mountain, Roosevelt, Manitoban, Merriam (extinct) and Tule www.bowhunting.net/NAs.../elk1.html
: Moose 4 subspecies www.bbc.co.uk/nature/a...oose.shtml
So really we have five native deer: Whitetail, Mule Deer, Caribou, Elk and Moose ......right... Bushy...??? Or do we have approximately 40 species....????:-D  
Oops I forgot the Caribou. Thanks Dallan I missed them on your post. 
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BLASERMAN
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: Re: deer size |
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My coues last Month just weighed may be 75-80 lbs.
The average Doe only is 50-65 Lbs . Some times they will get a Buck
that will go 100 Lbs.
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the SS stands for Still Superior............. 
