COUES WHITETAIL DEER (Odocoileus virginianus couesi)

Normal Breeding Period: January

Young Appear: August

Average number of young: 2

Distribution: 4,000 to 10,000 feet in the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico.

Individual Range: 4 square miles

Live Weight: Buck - approx. 125 lbs.

                   Doe - approx. 80 lbs.

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References:

How to Hunt Coues Deer

Duwane Adams & Tony Mandile, 2003

Arizona Wildlife Views Special Edition

Arizona Game and Fish Department, 1999

Coues White-tailed Deer; An Annotated Bibliography

Richard A. Ockenfels, Arizona Game & Fish Department, 1995