Conservation Framing
Each double mat may vary
from print to print according to which frame you choose. If you
would like to
have a particular color of mat just call 1-302-875-2258 to place
your order. The best matching color is used for
each individual print and is not always the color shown here.
Each
print is framed using Conservation Acid Free & Lignin Free,
Alkaline pH buffered mat board & backing.
We use non glare glass, You may call us to request regular glass if you like, Other styles of glass are available. In conservation framing, We use
only Museum Quality materials and procedures
that will have no adverse
effects on a piece of artwork and will protect the artwork from
external damage.
Description
Size varies greatly from small to medium. White-tailed
Deer are tan or reddish brown above in summer and grayish
brown in winter. The belly, throat, nose band, eye ring,
and inside of ears are white. The tail is brown, edged
with white above, often with a dark stripe down the
center; white below. Black spots are found on the sides
of the chin. The males have antlers while the females
rarely ever do. Fawns are spotted.
Food Habits
White-tailed Deer are herbivores and consumer more than
100 different plant species in a year. Deer graze on
green plants, including aquatic ones in the summer. They
eat acorns, beechnuts, and other nuts and corn in the
fall. They feed primarily on woody vegetation, including
the twigs and buds of viburnum, birch, maple, and many
conifers, in the winter.
White-tailed Deer have a
four-part stomach, allowing them to feed on items that
most other mammals cannot eat. They can obtain nutrients
directly from the food, as well as nutrients synthesized
by microbes in its digestive system. They consume between
5 and 9 pounds of food per day and drink water from rain,
snow, dew, or a water source.
Reproduction
Reproductive seasons vary: first 2 weeks in November in
the North and January or February in the South. 1-3 young
are born after a gestation of about 6.5 months.
Habitat
White-tailed Deer are found on farmlands, brushy areas,
woods, and suburbs and gardens. They range from the
southern half of the southern tier of Canadian provinces
and over most of the U.S., except far Southwest.
The cutting of forests and clearing of land for farming have
favored these graceful deer, now the most abundant hoofed mammals
in North America. Early morning and dusk are the best times to
see them; at other times of day they usually rest and digest
their food. Except in winter, they are not gregarious and seldom
appear in groups of more than three animals (a doe and two
fawns). Males begin growing their antlers several months after
birth, shed them each winter, and develop them anew each spring
and summer. The age of a deer cannot be told by the size of the
antler or the number of points (tines), for the antler
development is determined by nutrition, not by age. Age is
determined by development of premolars and molars and their
successive wear and tear. Source:National Audubon Society Field Guide
to North American Mammals, revised 1996; Reader's Digest: North
American Wildlife, revised 1982.
