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True or False: Whitetail deer populations are more numerous today than ever before.
True
What is the fastest growing tissue in the animal kingdom?
What is antler(s)?
What are the three stages of the rut?
What are pre-rut, rut, and post-rut?
What is the best angle for a hunter to shoot a deer?
What is Broadside?
What does CWD stand for?
What is Chronic Wasting Disease?
What is the greatest sense of a whitetail deer? (Options: Hearing, Sight, Feel, Smell)
What is Smell?
What role does velvet play in antler development?
What is aids in growth?
A doe comes into estrous every how many days during the fall if not bred? (Options: 7, 12, 20, 28)
What is 28 days?
What scoring system is used for bucks taken with a bow?
What is Pope and Young?
What part of the body does CWD infect?
What is the brain?
Whitetails can jump up to how many feet vertically? (Options: 2, 4, 8, 10)
What is 10ft?
What type of hair creates insulation for deer during the winter?
What is a guard hair?
List three advantages of deer yarding up during winter.
What is conserve energy, heat and safety in numbers?
What will you see if you’ve gut-shot a deer?
What is Green Slime?
What causes CWD?
What is a prion?
What are the two types of vision whitetails have?
What is Monocular and Binocular vison?
Identify the locations of these glands: Orbital, Tarsal, Metatarsal, Interdigital.
What are the eyes, hind legs, and in-between the toes?
What are the three main vocal communications Whitetail Deer make?
What are Snort/Blow, Bawl/Bleat, Grunt-snort?
What food do deer prefer above all others if available?
What is field crops?
Name one difference between a CWD Management Zone and a Surveillance Zone
What is...
Surveillance Zone - No confirmed CWD cases in wild deer, but considered at risk, Less restrictive regulations, but still monitored for potential disease spread, May require some level of deer testing to detect early signs of CWD
Management Zone - CWD has been found in wild deer in the area, More strict regulations on hunting and carcass movements, Increased monitoring and testing requirements
What eye lens allows whitetails to see well at night?
What is tapetum lucidum?
Name the four compartments of a ruminant’s stomach.
What are the rumen, reticulum, abomasum, and omasum
What is a rub?
What is marking up a tree to leave a chemical message for other deer?
What denotes a non-typical rack?
What is presence of drop tines/other tines not found on the main beams?
What does TSE stand for?
What is Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy?