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Old 02-08-2007 | 06:32 AM
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Default RE: How long can Whitetails survive the deep freeze?

ORIGINAL: georgepoker

I am just wondering how they all survived the deep freeze if the food source has been so bad over the years? Kinda strange wouldn't you think?You think they would of starved to death looking for food. How about this theory? The people in charge of deer management have no idea about habitat and food supplies of a deer to survive. Maybe they should study the deers internal functions to figure out why they take little turds that are hard and compressed and all the nutrients are used up. Deer are very efficent animals when it comes to eating and they can take the nutrients they need from any living plant. We are trying to get a permit to see how long a deer can actually live in a 50 by 50 enclosure without the help of man in the wild. This should be quite interesting results. All in the name of survival. We even got a piece of land with a small creek for water supply for this deer. This will let us come to our own conclusion of can a deer eat its self out of house and home. This is how real study of deer and habitat should be performed to get the best results. Also by this, We can tell if we are being BS by the people in charge of deer management. 1 deer in a 50 by 50 caged enviroment with no human outside help. Should be quite interesting at the least.
By chance are you a biologist for the USP
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