Before and After

As the days have grown longer the hormonal levels of whitetail deer began to change.   

Fawns are born, antler growth commences for the boy deer and for all of the whitetails the gray winter coat with its thick guard hairs is shed and the ruddy red heat-reflecting summer coat is revealed.   

The process is complete and you cannot miss the deer highlighted in the lush greenery of the local farm fields.   

       
These daylight-influenced hormone levels occur twice a year to trigger the spring molt and after only three months, is supplemented by the regrowth of the extra layer of longer, stiffer, hollow hair over the softer hair closer to the skin.         

One month between these before and after images.