ag (at dot) wrote:
> > snip
> > Are the small southern deer whitetail, or some other type?
> >
>
> people I know call em whitetail but wether they are the exact same or not I
> don't know.
> I am not a hunter so I only go by what I am told
> /nothing against it, just not high on my list
>

I did a bit of googling last night, and apparently there are several
varieties of whitetails, distinct by regions.

FWIW, the deer population in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Alabama are about
the same...near 2 million each. (NC claims half that) Considering that
food in the northern states is so much more scarce during the winter
than in southern states, I wonder about the size differences being due
to dense populations/food supplies. Our first hard freeze is typically
around the middle of November, and green stuff doesn't start coming out
of the ground up here until late March or early April...

Anyway...

-John O