Mule Deer Biofacts

Question 1

MD: Weight (nationally and in TX)

Answer 1

125-400 lbs nationally, 125-300 in Texas

Question 2

MD: Record antler spread

Answer 2

47.5 inches

Question 3

MD: Antlers are referred to as…

Answer 3

bifurcated

Question 4

MD: Breeding season

Answer 4

mid-November - mid-February, peak late december

Question 5

MD: gestation period

Answer 5

210 days (7 months)

Question 6

MD: Most fawns are born in what month

Answer 6

June-July

Question 7

MD: Wean fawns at how many days

Answer 7

60-75 days if adequate forage quality

Question 8

MD: fawn crop average in the Trans Pecos? Panhandle?

Answer 8

45% Trans Pecos, 35% Panhandle

Question 9

MD: home range (average and in Panhandle)

Answer 9

2-4 square miles, up to 26 square miles in Panhandle

Question 10

MD: Antlers shed in what month

Answer 10

mid-January to mid-April

Question 11

MD: Antlers develop in how many days

Answer 11

150 days

Question 12

MD: What 3 factors determine the size?

Answer 12

age, genetics, amount of quiality forage

Question 13

MD: Diet percentage (browse, forbs, grasses)

Answer 13

70% browse, 25% forbs, 5% grasses

Question 14

MD: Water should be no greater than how many miles apart?

Answer 14

2.5-3

Question 15

MD: Limiting factor

Answer 15

Quality of habitat

Question 16

MD: Denisty (Trans-Pecos & Panhandle)

Answer 16

1 per 100 acres (T.P) 1 per 300 acres (Pan.)

Question 17

MD: Goood range should support how many deer per section??

Answer 17

10-15

Question 18

MD: Avoid what habitat management?

Answer 18

brush control

Question 19

MD: Harvest of bucks should be no more than?

Answer 19

10%

Question 20

MD: What kind of plots can be planted for winter

Answer 20

small grain or legume plots

Question 21

3 succulents included in the browse category?

Answer 21

Cactus, lechuguilla, and cholla