White-tailed deer

The best known and most common of Ontario's large mammals, the white-tailed deer is our only species of small deer and our most common. Most often seen in the early morning or late afternoon, white-tailed deer tend to have a home range of between one and three hundred acres.

Deer tend to favour open habitat of fields and the 'low browse' that results from forestry. This is one reason why the population of deer on the Moraine has fluctuated considerably over time as the percentage forested area has changed.