If their metabolism changes and they have a never ending supply of twigs, buds and forbs available to them here in the northwoods of Wisconsin, I wonder why then so many die of starvation? A 2014 study reported this: Winter kill rates of deer in the northern study area of Wisconsin: Of deer that died, 18% of female deer, 24% of yearling male and 11% of adult male deer died of starvation the previous year.
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