Deer

Deer belongs to the family Cervidae and is a mammal of the ruminant category, paricopity . This family includes about 45 species, including deer, reindeer and elk.
Characteristic of deer are branched horns that usually grow only in males. The deer is a reddish – brown herbivorous mammal.

Feeding Deer

Food is scarce for deer in winter, as for all cervids.
In winter the deer's food consists of stems (stem or portion of thin stem in herbaceous plants and young branch of 1-2 years in woody plants), buds and sometimes tree bark, green leaves left under the snow, various leaves and dried herbs, as well as green plants from agricultural cultivated lands.
Acorn and JIR are the basic food. It accepts and reacts well to complementary food administered by man: hay, foliage (dry leaves serving as bedding or fodder for cattle), succulents (fodder from plants with tubers and roots) and concentrates.

Appearance Deer

Deer are larger than crows and, unlike them, have obsolete horns. As an order of magnitude, males have weights between 180-300 kg, and Crows between 80-150 kg.
Males lose horns at the beginning of each March, a phenomenon that stretches, depending on the age and vigor of each of the deer, right up to May.
In calves, when they reach the age of 1 year, in May, the growth of the first row of horns begins, growth that ends in September. These horns are, as a rule, Spears 20-30 cm long.
Deer longevity is appreciated in freedom at about 18-20 years, but in nature deer rarely reach this age. At the age of 12-14 the deer reach maturity. The age of the live specimens is appreciated according to the external appearance and trophy, and that of the animals tmpussed after the wear of the teeth.
During the mating period, the male roars, boots or boncaleeste. Scared, he has a nasal brahnit, as does the female. Deer have developed smell, good hearing and good vision.

Deer Behavior

Deer shelter in areas with extensive forests, which include portions of Glades or clearings with springs, which provide them peace and possess food sources.
It is also found on the plain quite often, covering, at least theoretically, the entire area between the Alpine area and the sea shore.
The Wolf is the deer's most feared natural enemy. Less damage is done by the Lynx and the bear. More recently wild wandering dogs tend to replace the Wolf, especially in preying on calves.

Deer Breeding

Deer are sociable from autumn to spring, during which time males group on cards led by a young deer, and females in separate cards led by the older deer. Only very old or very strong deer live solitary.
Mating begins in September, first in lowland areas, then in the mountains, ending with the second half of October. Between the bulls there are fierce battles, for the supremacy of the crow cards.
It is worth remembering that during this period, deer eliminate a specific smell, which is easy to perceive even by man. Ciutele girl, as a Rule, 1-2 calves, rarely 3, which can follow their mother 1-2 hours after birth.
The hunting season is between 01.09-15.12 for males and for Crows ends later, on February 15. The trophy is the horns with a skull or part of it. Unconventional trophies are "pearls" (reduced canines), Mane hair, Hubertus cross.
Hunting is done with carbine with bullet caliber 7 mm upwards. The optimal hunting period is the boncanite period. Hunting methods are on the prowl and groping, with or without calling (rattling).
Bugle shooting is prohibited by law. The selection of males is made according to the general external appearance of the horns, according to the criteria established for all cervids.