Ep. 265 : The Legs of the White-tailed Deer

I have found sign of three dead White-tailed Deer in the past three weeks. One, killed by Coyotes. Another, hit by a vehicle, found on the side of the highway. And also, I found a White-tailed Deer leg while trailing a Coyote. All of these encounters have been teaching me a lot about the legs of the deer and I wanted to look a little bit deeper into these moments, and to share the stories.

I go on to detail what I have been learning about the legs, especially in the context of the hind legs, about the glands located there. Of course, you can read the blog post, or you can learn a little bit more from listening to the show.

Enjoy!

To learn more:
Glands on a White-tailed Deer Leg blog post
The Deer of North America by Leonard Lee Rue III. The Lyons Press, 1997.
Deer (The Wildlife Series, Book 3) edited by Duane Gerlach, Sally Atwater & Judith Schnell. Stackpole Books, 1995.
Deer of the Southwest by James R. Heffelfinger. Texas A&M University Press, 2006.
Biology and Management of White-tailed Deer Edited by David G. Hewitt. CRC Press, 2011.
What The Toes Show - A question of deer hooves - another blog post
Mammal Tracks and Sign by Mark Elbroch and Casey McFarland. Stackpole Books, 2019.