White Tail

The White-tailed deer is greyish in winter and reddish in summer. It has a band of white fur behind the nose and around the eyes, chin and throat. The insides of legs are white. White-tailed deer have scent glands on their hooves, and also on hind legs. Only the males have antlers which are shed in late winter and grow again in April or May. Fawns have white spots at birth, and these disappear by their first winter.