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White-Tailed Deer:
Their Foods & Management in the Cross Timbers
Table of Contents & Preface
Introduction
Habitat requirements
General concepts
Food requirements
Methods
used to gather data
Overall
use of forage classes
Seasonal
use of forages
Specific
seasonal deer diets
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Summary
Cover requirements
Water requirements
Space requirements
Habitat management
General concepts
Food management
Cover management
Water management
Space management
Population health/evaluation
Introduction & aging deer
Body size & antler characteristics
Fat deposits
Reproductive success
Population management
Introduction
Population inventory
Harvest
records
Deer
surveys
Population regulation
Potential
mng't goals
Appendix A:
Plants of the NFWU
Appendix B:
Deer diets on the NFWU
Appendix C:
Pictures and descriptions of
important deer food plants in the
Cross Timbers region
Glossary for Appendix C
Conclusion
White-tailed deer management is a complex subject. There are no prescriptions for deer management that work every time for every situation. Nevertheless, a person really interested in managing deer can learn how to manage them.
Management involves being familiar with deer biology, establishing goals, monitoring deer and their habitat, manipulating habitat to fulfill deer requirements, and regulating deer herd health, numbers, and sex ratio. All of these aspects are interrelated and are important for successful management.
This publication provides much of the information necessary to initiate a deer management program in the Cross Timbers. For persons unfamiliar with deer management, we recommend this publication be used as a guide in conjunction with professional technical assistance. Technical assistance in the Cross Timbers region is available from the following sources:
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service |
Texas
Agricultural Extension Service Oklahoma Natural Resources Conservation Service Texas Natural Resources Conservation Service and some private wildlife management consultants. |
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