...that the white-tailed deer can run at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour and leap over an 8 foot high fence.
...that the adult white-tailed female deer can weigh about 145 pounds and the males about 170 pounds.
...that the biggest white-tailed deer ever recorded in the U.S. history was a 500 pound Minnesota buck.
...that Minnesota has a deer population of about 1 million.
...that the white-tailed deer is one of five members of the deer family living in Minnesota. The others are moose, elk, mule deer and caribou.
These and other facts can be found at : www.dnr.state.mn.us
