Adult female white-tailed deer weigh about 145 pounds, males 170 pounds - the average weight of female and male humans. The biggest white-tailed deer ever harvested was a 500-pound Minnesota buck.

The mule deer’s large ears are usually set at about a 30-degree angle to the face. In contrast, whitetail ears are sleek, a bit pointy-looking and typically held more erect.

Two whitetail deer fawns cavort on a lawn at the intersection of Robiious Crossing and Robys Way in Chesterfield County, VA Friday, June 3, 2011. 2011, BOB BROWN ...

White-tailed deer have been hunted from the earliest migrations of people into North America, more than 15,000 years ago. The species was far from the most important food resource at that time ...