Winter hairs are long, thick, hollow, and slightly crinkled. Fawns are born with white spots in the upper coat. Whitetails can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts and maintain speeds of 25 miles per hour for longer periods. They are also good jumpers capable of clearing obstacles up to 9 feet high or 25 feet wide. Although whitetails are color-blind and have a hard time identifying stationary objects, they are easily alerted by movement.
Whitetails eat a variety of herbaceous and woody plants.
Deer are a valuable natural resource which can be maintained indefinitely where suitable habitat exists.