About Maine Wildlife Whitetail Deer Whitetail deer are found throughout the Pine Tree State of Maine. Pine trees are a natural habitat for the Whitetail. Most trees keep their leaves, or pines, year round. This provides the deer with an ample amount of food, even during the winter. The leaves also provide the deer with shelter, both in the summer and the winter.
Deer are most active at night.
Deer find security at night, when most predators, including humans, are asleep. The deer's cautious nature is apparent when considering deer never sleep in the same bed twice, deterring predators from catching a deer's scent and awaiting for the deer the next night. Deer do not sleep for long periods of time. Rather, they are always alert of their surroundings. Although deer are considered social animals group together in herds, the sexes are divided.