Don Balke: White-tailed Deer and Eastern Hemlock

Artist: Don Balke
1932 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 14 by 12 inches
Overall Size: 22 by 19.875 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Paper

A White-tailed Deer, the picture of grace and beauty, bounds away, his upright tail flashing behind him like a white banner. The White-tailed Deer buck is the most hardy and abundant big game animal in North America. White-tailed Deer sport magnificent antlers with dominant main beams and unbranched rising tines. Males fight with their antlers in the fall, lose them in late winter, and grow new ones in late spring. These antlers begin as simple projections laced with blood vessels that carry nourishment. This covering is known as "velvet." In early autumn, the antlers attain their full growth, blood supply stops and they harden. Stags then rub off the velvet. Most bucks are polygamous and fawns are born to their mates each spring, usually twins but sometimes triplets. For the first few weeks, the fawns stay concealed while their mothers browse for food. By September the fawns are weaned, and have grown their brownish-gray coat. Then they are able to join the over eight million deer that roam throughout the United States.

This art was originally published in the limited edition collection of philatelic proofcards issued by Fleetwood® and the National Audubon Society for the Wildlife of the 50 States.

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