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1
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MD: Weight (nationally and in TX)

A

125-400 lbs nationally, 125-300 in Texas

2
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MD: Record antler spread

A

47.5 inches

3
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MD: Antlers are referred to as…

A

bifurcated

4
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MD: Breeding season

A

mid-November - mid-February, peak late december

5
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MD: gestation period

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210 days (7 months)

6
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MD: Most fawns are born in what month

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June-July

7
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MD: Wean fawns at how many days

A

60-75 days if adequate forage quality

8
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MD: fawn crop average in the Trans Pecos? Panhandle?

A

45% Trans Pecos, 35% Panhandle

9
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MD: home range (average and in Panhandle)

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

10
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MD: Antlers shed in what month

A

mid-January to mid-April

11
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MD: Antlers develop in how many days

A

150 days

12
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MD: What 3 factors determine the size?

A

age, genetics, amount of quiality forage

13
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MD: Diet percentage (browse, forbs, grasses)

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70% browse, 25% forbs, 5% grasses

14
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MD: Water should be no greater than how many miles apart?

A

2.5-3

15
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MD: Limiting factor

A

Quality of habitat

16
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MD: Denisty (Trans-Pecos & Panhandle)

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

17
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MD: Goood range should support how many deer per section??

A

10-15

18
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MD: Avoid what habitat management?

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brush control

19
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MD: Harvest of bucks should be no more than?

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10%

20
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MD: What kind of plots can be planted for winter

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small grain or legume plots

21
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3 succulents included in the browse category?

A

Cactus, lechuguilla, and cholla