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Deer manage through the winter by keeping warm beneath their hides and by digging through snow to uncover grasses. Note that "old" grass retains much of its nutrient value. It's just dry and brown. Deer also nibble on any trees or on bushes that have any leaves left on them. They even eat bark and twigs, which they don't do in the "greener" times of the year. Certainly anything like sagebrush that keeps its foliage all the time is food. Note that wildlife biologists encourage folks not to feed deer in winter. Winter feeding is done in rare cases where deer, elk, or the like gather in large herds within protected areas (where there is no hunting and limited predation), but this is the exception. Deer will browse on any plants they can get their teeth on in winter. Vegetation varies a lot throughout the range of these animals, so what is available in one locale isn't necessarily on the menu in another. But there is browse available for the animals or they wouldn't be there. Deer move around through a given year, and a lot of the shifts involve a change in altitude. By moving to lower elevations in the winter, they avoid the deeper snows that make their food too hard to get at.
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∙ 11y agoThey eat, breed and keep an alert eye out at all times for predators.
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∙ 12y agoDeers need there legs there mouth and there antlers to fight for a female.
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∙ 13y agoBy keeping warm underneath their hides and digging through snow to uncover grass.
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They survive by eating and getting exercise, just like us.
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∙ 13y agoby ea ting predators lol
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∙ 12y agoby hiding from hunters
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How energy from the sun helps a deer survive?
it helps a deer survive by the weathering because deer are used to hotness not the coldness
How does a mule deer's fur change in winter?
A mule deer's fur turns color in winter.
Why does a deer need energy from the sun?
it helps a deer survive by the weathering because deer are used to hotness not the coldness
What do mule deer eat in winter?
Yes, they do eat in the winter.
Where do deer go in the winter?
Deer do not go anywhere in the winter, during which season they stay in their home territory.
How do squirrels survive winter?
squirrles rely on there nests to survive the winter squirrles rely on there nests to survive the winter. they try to burry nuts but they forrget where they put them
Where can you find a deer in the winter?
in a forest
Does deer hibernate in winter in us?
No they do not.
What did the Indians eat in the winter?
deer
How does the octopus survive in the summer and winter?
the octopus survive in the summer and winter because it is an animal
What do deer do to hibernate?
Deer do not hibernate. They stay active throughout the winter months.
How do wolverines survive in winter?
They can bury themselves in the snow and the snow acts as an insulator and actually keeps them warm while they sleep and they can hunt when they wake.
