Whitetail Winter
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| List: $29.95 |
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| ISBN: 1572230274 | 160 pages |
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| Synopsis: Ozoga, the author of Whitetail Autumn and Whitetail Country, has spent over 30 years of his career as a wildlife researcher studying the whitetail deer. This dramatic story tells of the whitetail's struggle for survival against its greatest adversary--winter. Full-color photos. Midwest Book Review : The whitetail deer in winter is followed by an author who has spent over 30 years as a wildlife researcher studying whitetails in the wild. Whitetail Winter covers the whitetail in winter, from shelter requirements and behavioral adjustments to predators and their effects on whitetail populations. The author of Whitetail Winter spent over 30 years of his career as a wildlife researcher studying whitetails on their northern range, that stark vista where deer face their greatest adversary in an annual struggle for survival -- winter. Native Americans historically referred to the depths of winter as the time of "the starving moon." Indeed, for white-tailed deer, this lyrical metaphor is more than a reality. In winter, deer commonly die of malnutrition, and massive die-offs due to starvation are not unusual. For whitetails winter is a period of extreme stress caused by lack of quality food, increased susceptibility to predators and unrelenting exposure to harsh weather. So it is that winter, and whitetails' adaptations to it, determines which animals live and which will die before the coming spring. This is the dramatic story, accurately told and vividly illustrated, of Whitetail Winter. |
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