Flashcards in Mule Deer Biofacts Deck (21):
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MD: Weight (nationally and in TX)
125-400 lbs nationally, 125-300 in Texas
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MD: Record antler spread
47.5 inches
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MD: Antlers are referred to as...
bifurcated
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MD: Breeding season
mid-November - mid-February, peak late december
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MD: gestation period
210 days (7 months)
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MD: Most fawns are born in what month
June-July
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MD: Wean fawns at how many days
60-75 days if adequate forage quality
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MD: fawn crop average in the Trans Pecos? Panhandle?
45% Trans Pecos, 35% Panhandle
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MD: home range (average and in Panhandle)
2-4 square miles, up to 26 square miles in Panhandle
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MD: Antlers shed in what month
mid-January to mid-April
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MD: Antlers develop in how many days
150 days
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MD: What 3 factors determine the size?
age, genetics, amount of quiality forage
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MD: Diet percentage (browse, forbs, grasses)
70% browse, 25% forbs, 5% grasses
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MD: Water should be no greater than how many miles apart?
2.5-3
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MD: Limiting factor
Quality of habitat
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MD: Denisty (Trans-Pecos & Panhandle)
1 per 100 acres (T.P) 1 per 300 acres (Pan.)
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MD: Goood range should support how many deer per section??
10-15
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MD: Avoid what habitat management?
brush control
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MD: Harvest of bucks should be no more than?
10%
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MD: What kind of plots can be planted for winter
small grain or legume plots
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