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== Description ==
[[File:species_blacktail_deer_700.png | right | 300px]]

<onlyinclude>The Black-tailed deer, or Blacktail deer, (Odocoileus columbianus) is a species of the deer found in western North America, specifically in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California regions. Black-tailed deer once lived at least as far east as Wyoming. The Black-tailed deer is currently common in northern California, western Oregon, Washington, in coastal and interior British Columbia, and north into the Alaskan panhandle.</onlyinclude>

The black-tailed deer was once believed to be a subspecies of the North American [[Mule Deer | mule deer]] (Odocoileus hemionus), however, recent DNA testing has proven this not to be the case. In Valerius Geist's book [[Mule Deer | Mule Deer]] Country he explains that by testing the mitochondrial DNA of the three species (blacktail, [[Whitetail Deer | whitetail]] and [[Mule Deer | mule deer]]), researchers have now determined that it was the mating of [[Whitetail Deer | whitetail does]] and blacktail bucks that gave rise to the mule deer.

''Source:'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_deer Wikipedia.org]

== Habitats ==
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| style="width: 150px" | [[File:whitehart_icon.png | 100px | link=Whitehart Island]]
| style="width: 150px" | [[File:RFF_icon2.png | 100px | link=Redfeather Falls]]
|-
| [[Whitehart Island]]
| [[Redfeather Falls]]
|}

== Attractants ==
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| style="width: 150px" | [[File:scent_blacktail_256.png | 100px | link=Scents]]
| style="width: 150px" | [[File:caller_deer_bleat_256.png | 100px | link=Callers]]
| style="width: 150px" | [[File:caller_deer_grunt_256.png | 100px | link=Callers]]
|-
| [[Scents | Blacktail Deer<br>Urine Spray]]
| [[Callers | Deer "Bleat" Call]]
| [[Callers | Deer "Grunt" Call]]
|}

== Hunting Tactics ==
{{:Hunting_Tactics_Blacktail_Deer}}

== Organs and Bones ==
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!Image
!Organs
|-
| style="width:100px;text-align:center" | [[File:Blacktail_organs.png | 400 px]]
| style="width:200px;" |
1 = Skull<br />
2 = Brain<br />
3 = Neck bone 1<br />
4 = Neck bone 2<br />
5 = Neck bone 3<br />
6 = Spine bone 1<br />
7 = Shoulder bone<br />
8 = Spine bone 2<br />
9 = Spine bone 3<br />
10 = Hip bone<br />
11 = Heart<br />
12 = Lungs<br />
13 = Liver<br />
14 = Stomach<br />
15 = Intestines<br />
16 = Body<br />
|}

== Blacktail Deer Missions ==
{{:Blacktail_Deer_Missions}}

== In-Game Photos ==
<gallery widths="120px" heights="120px">
file: Species_BT_B_common.jpg | <center>Male Common</center>
file: Species_BT_B_piebald.jpg | <center>Male Piebald</center>
file: Species_BT_B_albino.jpg | <center>Male Albino</center>
file: Species_BT_B_melanistic.jpg | <center>Male Melanistic</center>
file: Species_BT_D_common.jpg | <center>Female Common</center>
file: Species_BT_D_piebald.jpg | <center>Female Piebald</center>
file: Species_BT_D_albino.jpg | <center>Female Albino</center>
file: Species_BT_D_melanistic.jpg | <center>Female Melanistic</center>
File: Blacktail001.jpg | <center>Blacktail Buck</center>
</gallery>

== Non-typical Antlers ==
Blacktail Deer with [[Non-Typical Antlers]] can occur but are rare to find.
<gallery>
file: Non_typical_bt_01.jpg
</gallery>

== Videos ==
[[File:TheHunter Causeway Blacktail Hunting|350px]]

== Permitted Ammunition==
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{{:Permitted_Ammo_Set7}}
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See full list [[Permitted Ammo | here]].
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