Game animal · Big game
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia. It has also been introduced to New Zealand, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Lesser Antilles, and some countries in Europe, such as Finland, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. In the Americas, it is the most widely distributed wild ungulate.
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These are the traits the daily game compares when you take a shot.
Field weight compared to the heaviest animal in the game.
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A white-tail can leap 8 feet high and 30 feet forward, and flashes its white tail as an alarm flag to warn the herd.
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