On the Road Again
by Renny Spencer
Title
On the Road Again
Artist
Renny Spencer
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A young whitetail doe is ready to get moving again as seen with motion in rear left leg. Alert and observing my actions as I photograph her. An abandoned road grader sits frozen in time.
https://forum.americanexpedition.us/whitetail-deer-information-facts-photos-and-artwork
"Whitetail deer vary in color from reddish brown in the summer, to grayish brown during the winter months. Whitetail have patches of white fur around their eyes, muzzle, and throat, as well as on their underbelly and under their tail. When a whitetail deer is startled, it will raise its tail to expose the white underside. This signal serves as a warning for other deer, and this instinct gives the whitetail deer its name. Whitetail deer are the smallest members of the North American deer family. Male whitetails, or "bucks," range from 100 to 300 pounds, while females, or "does," range from 75 to 200 pounds. The average height of a full grown male whitetail is approximately 6 to 7 foot. The largest whitetails occur in temperate regions of the United States and Canada.
Bucks carry a prominent set of antlers in the summer and fall, which are grown annually and are shed in the winter months. A set of antlers is made up of a number of different points, called “tines.” The length and number of tines is determined by nutrition, genetics, and age. While the antlers are growing back in the spring, they are covered in a fine tissue, called velvet. The velvet supplies blood to the antlers, allowing for development. After the antlers are fully grown, the deer will rub them against trees to remove the velvet layer. A “spiked” buck is a male deer lacking a branching set of antlers. Instead, “spiked” bucks have a pair of vertical spikes in place of antlers, usually no bigger than three inches. “Button” bucks are male deer with very small stubs at the base of where the young deer’s antlers will soon grow, but have not broken the skin yet. Sometimes, these antlerless bucks get mistaken for does, but it is important to learn to identify the differences in body structure between the two sexes."
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September 25th, 2020
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