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Behavior of the white-tailed deer is certainly one of the more interesting areas of study to sportsmen, not only in Mississippi, but also throughout all areas in the range of this subspecies. Deer enthusiasts simply want to know what a deer of either sex is doing, why it is doing it and where it is doing it. Encounters with deer vary from happenstance roadside viewing and backyard visits to the purposeful pursuit of deer for sport hunting with the desire to harvest the animal.

During the course of the widespread exchange of species which took place during those years, some mistakes which were to have horrific consequences occurred as animals, plants and insects finding circumstances to which they were uniquely suited, exploded into populations which could not have been dreamed of at the time. Other introductions were less spectacular or failed to survive, but those that did became in many instances exactly what their benefactors set out to achieve - beautiful and useful things.

Deer are primarily herbivores, although they occasionally have been observed sampling such incongruous foods as dead fish. Their feeding habits and preferences can vary widely from one location to another, but each local population seems to have preferred foods that are eaten first; "marginal" foods that are eaten only after the preferred foods become rare; and "starvation" foods that probably have no nutritional value, but are eaten because no other choices are available.

The breeding season for the Coues deer is about 6-8 weeks later than northern or eastern whitetail.  Breeding generally occurs from December to February with the peak usually in January.  Some breeding activity can occur in November and some even as late as March.  In November, bucks are generally found in small herds and can be seen sparring to establish dominance for the upcoming breeding season.  These sparring matches are generally very short-lived and mild. 

The term endangered has become a much-used part of our vocabulary. But while most of us readily cite tigers, gorillas, and pandas as examples of endangered species, many other species are consistently overlooked-perhaps because they lack the romantic associations that people have with better-known mammals. Most Americans would probably not mention deer when discussing endangered species.

Roe deer: The roe deer is primarily an animal of mixed and small woodland but is capable of adapting to a wide variety of habitats. It has colonized the northern conifer forests and has penetrated many towns, making use of gardens, parks and other open spaces where there is food and cover. It may also be seen well out into open farmland.

During the course of the widespread exchange of species which took place during those years, some mistakes which were to have horrific consequences occurred as animals, plants and insects finding circumstances to which they were uniquely suited, exploded into populations which could not have been dreamed of at the time. Other introductions were less spectacular or failed to survive, but those that did became in many instances exactly what their benefactors set out to achieve - beautiful and useful things.

The roe deer is primarily an animal of mixed and small woodland but is capable of adapting to a wide variety of habitats. It has colonized the northern conifer forests and has penetrated many towns, making use of gardens, parks and other open spaces where there is food and cover. It may also be seen well out into open farmland.

In recent years the sika has extended its range, especially in Scotland. The distribution map shows how it is now well established from Argyll up to the Great Glen and again north from Inverness to Sutherland. Another colony in Peebles is now expanding northward and eastward. In England sika are to be found in Lancashire and Yorkshire, southern Dorset and the New Forest. In addition, small local populations exist in the vicinity of several of the parks from which they originally escaped.