Indiana

Whitetail Deer can live for ten years in the wild. An adult male weighs an average of 175 pounds (with records exceeding 300 lbs), while a female weighs 120 pounds. Their color varies from reddish-brown fur in summer to grayish-brown in winter. Fawns have small white spots that aid in concealment. Deer eat mostly broad-leafed plants, shoots, and buds of woody plants, as well as nuts and fruits. Acorns are a significant source of nutrition for deer in the fall and winter.

Cottontail rabbits may live for 4 or 5 years in the wild. Their body weight ranges from 1.8 to 4.4 pounds, with females being slightly heavier than males. The cottontail's back and sides are reddish-brown to gray, while the underside is white. They have long ears and a tail length of 2 to 3 inches, with body length ranging from 15 to 19 inches. They consume new grasses, clover blossoms, apple bark, and agricultural shoots.

In the wild, a fox squirrel can live for up to six years, while in captivity, it can live up to 13 years. Weighing between 1.5 to 2.5 pounds, fox squirrels inhabit oak-hickory woodlots and river bottoms, burying thousands of walnuts, hickory nuts, and acorns every autumn.

Gray Squirrels will consume anything from green field corn to fungi, but their primary food consists of tree mast, including acorns, beechnuts, and hickory nuts. Highly agile in continuous forest canopies of southern Indiana's state and national forests.

The average weight of a northern bobwhite is 180 grams (6.5 ounces), and it measures eight to ten inches in length. Inhabits grassland edges, weedy fields, and brushy fence rows throughout southern Indiana.

The eastern wild turkey has a mixed diet that includes wild fruits, acorns, leaves, insects, and waste grain. Following highly successful restoration programs, wild turkeys now inhabit all 92 Indiana counties.