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Whitetail Deer Communication

Communication

White-tailed deer communicate in many different ways using sounds, scent, body language, and marking. All white-tailed deer are capable of producing audible noises unique to each animal. Fawns release a high-pitched squeal, known as a bleat, to call out to their mothers. A doe makes maternal grunts when searching for her bedded fawns. Grunting produces a low, guttural sound that will attract the attention of any other deer in the area. Both does and bucks snort, a sound that often signals danger. As well as snorting, bucks also grunt at a pitch that gets lower with maturity. Bucks are unique in their grunt-snort-wheeze pattern that often shows aggression and hostility. Another way white-tailed deer communicate is with their white tail. When a white-tail deer is spooked it will raise its tail to warn the other deer in the area that can see it.

Whitetail Deer Birth and Fawn Age

Whitetail deer females give birth to 1–3 spotted young, known as fawns, in mid to late spring, generally in May or June. 
Fawns lose their spots during the first summer and will weigh from 44 to 77 pounds (20 to 35 kg) by the first winter. 
Male fawns tend to be slightly larger and heavier than females. 
For the first four weeks, fawns mostly lie still and hide in vegetation while their mothers forage. 
Fawns are able to follow their mothers on foraging trips. 
They are weaned after 8–10 weeks. 
Males will leave their mothers after a year and females leave after two.