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Bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, and American black bears are all common predators of California Mule Deer. The largest predator of the California Mule deer is the Mountain Lion. Occasionally, these predators will hunt large healthy deer; however, these predators most often prey on weak, sick, or young deer or scavenge remains of dead deer. [6]
A doctor bought the axis and fallow deer from the San Francisco Zoo in 1948 for his 5,000-acre hunting club, which later became part of the national seashore. In 2006, the park embarked on a plan to eradicate the non-native deer via contraception and culling, which succeeded despite controversy, over a twenty year program. [31]
The Ishi Wilderness is a 41,339 acre (167 km2) [1] wilderness area located on the Lassen National Forest in the Shasta Cascade foothills of northern California, United States. The Ishi Wilderness is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of Red Bluff. The wilderness was created when the US Congress passed the California Wilderness Act of 1984.
The black-tailed deer lives along the Pacific coast from northern and western California and north to southeastern Alaska. East of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada in Washington, Oregon and California, black-tailed deer are replaced by phenotypically different mainland mule deer, the latter being much larger, with lighter pelage, more prominent rump patches and larger ears.
Image credits: Nature Photographer of the Year (NPOTY) 2024 #3 Category Mammals: Highly Commended, "Gone Fishing" By Hannes Lochner "A small-spotted genet visits a water pond for a sip and ...
A map shows distribution of chronic wasting disease among wild and captive animal populations in North America as of October 2023. On May 7, 2024, officials from the California Department of Fish ...
General gun season for hunting deer in Zone C begins Nov. 4 and ends Jan. 21, while the season in Zone D runs from Nov. 23 to Nov. 26 and again from Dec. 9 to Feb. 18.
European fallow deer Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) Confirmed native only to Turkey, but possibly native to the Italian Peninsula, the Balkans, and the island of Rhodes in Greece; introduced from Roman times onwards to the rest of Europe, and around the world in more recent times: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Persian fallow deer Dama mesopotamica ...