Just some Deer Info from another site.

The heaviest whitetail deer on record weighed 402 pounds when field dressed. It was taken by a Minnesota hunter in 1926 and had an estimated live weight of 511 pounds.
Two whitetail deer can produce 35 offspring in 7 years.
The U.S. whitetail deer population consumes 100 billion pounds of native plant food per year or almost 132,000 tons per day.
Virginia deer hunters donate 365,000 pounds of venison to soup kitchens and food banks annually in their Hunters for the Hungry program.
The typical whitetail world record shot by Milo Hanson in 1993 Saskatchewan scored 213 5/8 and had an inside spread of 27.2 inches.
Whitetail deer can run up to 40 miles per hour.
Whitetail deer can jump a 9 foot high fence.
Whitetail deer can swim 13 miles per hour.
Whitetail deer can long jump 30 feet.
Whitetail deer and mule deer are the only deer species native to North America.
Whitetail deer are fully grown at 4 1/2 years old.
Female whitetail deer (doe) are in heat for 30 hours. If they are not bred they go back in heat 28 days later.
Whitetail deer antlers grow as much as 1/2 inch per day in spring and summer, making them the fastest growing animal tissue known to man.
Whitetail deer fawns weigh between 5 and 7 pounds when born.
Whitetail deer fawns can walk slowly on shaky legs 20 minutes after being born.
It's estimated there are 30 million whitetail deer in the U.S.
Whitetail deer have an average life span of 8 to 11 years.
The oldest whitetail deer on record lived to be 19 years old.
The average whitetail deer stands 3 to 3 1/2 feet tall and weighs 150 pounds.

 

There are other sites

 

LOL,found it by accident.

 

Cool stats! Can't imagine what the teeth of a 19 year old deer looked like.

 

There was a doe in Michigan named Elizabeth that I thought lived 24 years 7 months.

 

Assuming she had exceptional veterinary care...amazing!

 

Fun Whitetail fact #20:

They're delicious

 

rangerj, please post it on that other other site.

Good info

 

Average lifespan 8-11 years never would of guessed that!!!! I would of guessed 4-6!!!!

 

Had a buddy that killed a 12 yr old buck. It was tagged as a fawn a few miles from where it was killed. Barely a tooth in his head and his rack looked like it hadn't dropped in at least a year. Lucky #13..

 

I would guess that is an average "NATURAL" average. Around here, I wouldn't think it would be much over 3yrs old with all the hunters we have now.

 

This is the Lenander Buck, taken in Tofte, MN. My Grandfather shot it. I currently have the head mount hanging in my basement and rifle in the gun safe. My Grandparents are the ones that shaped my love of the outdoors.

 

That's pretty neat!!

 

Very cool, thanks for sharing

I had to read these several times. it's both true and false. Technically, Elk grow faster. But antler alike.

 

Do you have any pics????

 

Here's a pic of the mount. Thought about having it re-done, but I think it would take away from the time it was shot. The stuff my Grandparents did amazes me to this day. Wish we had written it all down. They were in the Alaskan earthquake, lived on an island on rainy Lake (border of Minnesota and Canada), helped design and install the missile silos out west, Grandpa was in WWII under Patton, was shot by a 12 yr old kid in a small town in Germany, etc. They really taught me a lot.