| Every year thousands of hunters take to the | | | | in thousands of dollars of property damage. With |
| woods in the hopes of bagging a whitetail deer. | | | | more deer inside the city limits, more fatal car |
| Deer are a plentiful resource and are amazingly | | | | accidents also occur. |
| adaptable to any surroundings. Found throughout | | | | While deer are plentiful in nearly any landscape a |
| all of the continent and in every landscape | | | | hunter can imagine, a hunter may prefer a change |
| imaginable, they also have an astounding ability to | | | | of his local scenery. Many whitetail deer hunting |
| sense danger and aren't always a simple target | | | | guides are available to take the hunter on trips |
| for the hunter. Many hunters prefer to study the | | | | through the open plains, tall wooded forests, or |
| deer in their area to have a sense of what they | | | | rocky mountainsides. Each landscape presents the |
| could encounter come open season. Fully | | | | hunter with a different challenge and tests the |
| understanding one's target is one of the most | | | | hunter's skill. There are also guides that structure |
| fundamental requirements for a successful hunt. | | | | trips around the weapon a hunter is using, |
| Whitetail deer hunting has been a popular sport | | | | whether it be a rifle, a bow, or a muzzleloader. |
| for centuries. In early times they were most | | | | Many hunters take part in whitetail deer hunting |
| often the biggest source of a family's food and | | | | not just for the challenge, but also for the freezer |
| survival. For this reason the whitetail deer | | | | full of meat they get if they are successful. Deer |
| population has always fluctuated; while some | | | | meat is very low in fat and cholesterol when |
| years they seem to overrun the landscape, other | | | | compared to other meats. It also has high levels |
| years their numbers dwindle. It is for this reason | | | | of vitamins and minerals and can be prepared in |
| that the local wildlife management departments | | | | much the same way as any other type of meat, |
| evaluate the population every year to determine | | | | from grilling to sausage. While many hunters are |
| the number of tags to be handed out each | | | | also able to clean their kills, most prefer to send |
| season. When the deer are overpopulated, hunting | | | | the forty to sixty pounds of meat they get out |
| is often seen as a great asset in the local region; | | | | of their kill to be processed into sausage of other |
| as food sources dwindle, deer push into the city | | | | manageable small packages of round steak or |
| limits munching on expensive landscaping resulting | | | | sirloin tips. |