Vol. 23, No. 6 
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The winter range totalled 78.6 hectares (19^*1 acres). Its major axis was 
1,879 m ( 1.2 miles) long and was oriented in an east-west direction roughly 
parallel to the Sangamon River. The minor axis was 905 m (0.6 mile) but the 
area tapered off and became very narrow (100 m) at the west end. 
Habitat types found within the winter range and the proportions in which 
they occurred are listed in Table 2. 
Occasionally the young doe moved from 850 to 1,500 m (0.4 to 0.9 mile) 
outside the winter range, but she did not remain at any of these locations for 
more than 1 day. During the day she was nearly always found in hawthorn-wild 
crab brush. Within the hour before sunset she was often seen entering the 
pasture or alfalfa-timothy field where she, and several other deer, grazed 
heavily and frequently bedded for part of the night. 
The daily movements of this deer have shifted to a different area and will 
be detailed in the next report. 
Table 2. Proportions of habitat types within the winter range of a white 
tai1 fema1e fawn. 
Habitat Type 
Area 
Hectares 
Acres 
Percent of 
Total Range 
Upland hardwoods (oak-hickory), pole-sawlog 
size; seedling-sapling size, mixed 
successional and upland hardwoods under¬ 
story 
14.9 
36.8 
19.0 *' 
Upland hardwoods (oak-hickory), pole-sawlog 
size; hawthorn, wild crab, raspberry, rose, 
gooseberry understory 
1.65 
4.1 
2.1 
Upland hardwoods (mixed mesophytic), pole- 
sawlog size; seedling-sapling size, mixed 
successional and upland hardwoods understory 
2.85 
7.0 
3.6 
Upland hardwoods (mixed mesophytic), pole- 
sawlog size; hawthorn, wild crab, raspberry, 
rose, gooseberry understory 
0.9 
2.2 
1.1 
Bottomland hardwoods (sycamore, silver maple, 
elm), pole-sawlog size; seedling-sapling 
size, bottomland hardwoods understory 
3-8 
9.4 
4.8 
Bottomland hardwoods (silver maple), pole- 
sawlog size; seasonally flooded, no 
understory 
4.5 
11.1 
5.7 
Brushland (hawthorn, wild crab), seedling¬ 
sapling size; raspberry, rose, gooseberry 
understory 
23.6 
58.3 
30.0 
Osage orange, in grass-forbs pasture 
0.3 
0.7 
0.4 
Table 2 - continued. 
