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Mule Deer |
It prefers to live in wild and broken country, among the mountains, and foothills, where great rocks and ravines and scattered brush give the landscape a forbidding air. Rather short legged and stocky of body, the mule deer has all the strength and speed it needs to escape such amazing animals as cougars. It runs with tremendous jumps, leaping into the air with all 4 feet and landing on all fours. Of course this method of running is not as fast as the gait of some deer, but it is a great advantage in such rough country.
In the wintertime, the mule deer gather in rather large groups and feed mostly in the sheltered low lands. With the coming of spring and the melting of the snow, they break up into small parties of two or three or wander off by themselves, and move up into the mountains to feed on grass, twigs, the leaves of low trees and shrubs, acorns and the like.
Mule deer bucks weigh about 150 to 200 pounds, on average, and stand 3 ½ feet high at the shoulder. The females, or does, or a little smaller.
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