On Thursday Tony Winkler, Chris Lundstrom, Amanda Blaske and Regina Marquedant, students of Inger Meyer, presented their findings to an invited audience as partial fulfillment of their environmental studies class. The presentation included a video they had made at three separate locations, one each in Burleene, Iona and Hartford townships, where deer were feeding. The video was very interesting. One deer usually stood guard, watching for danger, while the others browsed for food. Using web sites on the Internet and the Department of Natural Resources for their statistics, the students prepared a 14-page handout of their findings, complete with photos of the deer they'd seen.
Whitetail deer are the most abundant large game species in North America.
They are one of the five members of the deer family living in Minnesota. As any hunter knows, the whitetails are very cautious and aware of noises, actions and the environment around them. They are constantly sniffing the air and scanning the area. From the video, one could tell the moment the deer realized someone was watching them. The 1995 hunting season reported 14,500 taken by bow and arrow and 200,600 during the firearm season.