[The Deer Family in the Pacific Northwest]

Blacktail Deer, Black-tailed Deer

Odocoileus hemionus var. columbianus

Blacktail Deer, Black-tailed Deer: Odocoileus hemionus var. columbianus - Blacktail Deer, Black-tailed Deer: Odocoileus hemionus var. columbianus

A black-tailed deer as seen near the water storage tank system in the northwestern corner of the Columbia Hills State Park..........October 18, 2015.

Blacktail Deer, Black-tailed Deer: Odocoileus hemionus var. columbianus - Deer scat of Blacktail Deer, Black-tailed Deer: Odocoileus hemionus var. columbianus

A black-tailed deer spotted at left in the saltwater marsh on the bay side of Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast.....January 24, 2022. The photo at right shows deer scat along the Klickitat Haul Road upstream of the WA SR 142 twin bridges on the Klickitat River.....January 26, 2023.

Paul Slichter