White tailed deer prefer white cedar, birches, aspens, American yew, hemlock, maples, ash, white pine, mountain ash ... Males in rut rub their antlers on small sapling or trees (deer rubs), use their ...

which was founded in 1957 to protect the federally endangered subspecies of white-tailed deer, along with other unique local flora and fauna. "We have one whole stoplight on Big Pine Key," says ...