White-tailed Deer T-Shirt
White-tailed Deer T-Shirt
Size & fit
Comfort Colors 1717. Relaxed fit, true to size; size down for a closer fit.
| Size | Chest width (in) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|
| S | 18 ¼ | 26 ⅝ |
| M | 20 ¼ | 28 |
| L | 22 | 29 ⅜ |
| XL | 24 | 30 ¾ |
| 2XL | 26 | 31 ⅝ |
| 3XL | 27 ¾ | 32 ½ |
| 4XL | 29 ¾ | 33 ½ |
Measured flat: chest across, 1 in below the armholes; length from the high shoulder. Compare with a T-shirt you own and like.
Each shirt is garment-dyed after it is sewn, so the colour can vary slightly from shirt to shirt.
A buck and a doe at the water's edge.
The shirt
- Comfort Colors 1717: heavyweight 100% ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and pre-shrunk.
- The full plate on the back; a detail from it on the left chest.
- Wash cold, inside out; tumble dry low. Don't iron over the print.
Shipping & production
Each shirt is printed for you after you order. Most orders are printed and on their way within 2–5 business days; delivery time depends on the shipping method you choose at checkout. Shipping is shown at checkout before you pay.
Returns
If your shirt arrives damaged, misprinted or defective, contact us within 30 days of delivery with a photo and we'll send a replacement or a refund. Because every shirt is printed to order, we can't accept returns or exchanges for size or a change of mind, so please check the size chart above before ordering.
Plate 017
From the book
- Species
- Odocoileus virginianus
- As named in the book
- Common or Virginian Deer; Cervus virginianus.
- Artist
- J. J. Audubon & J. Bachman
- Book
- The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, pl. XXVIII, 1845–48
Then and now
Scarce across much of the East around 1900; now numbering in the tens of millions.
Field notes
"Common," Audubon called it. Fifty years later it nearly wasn't.
Audubon and Bachman called it the "Common or Virginian Deer," and in the 1840s common was the right word. The plate shows a pair at a creek's edge: the doe drinking, the buck behind her with his head up, white throat patch bright against a summer coat.
By the end of the 1800s, market hunting and the clearing of eastern forests had cut whitetails to perhaps 300,000 across the continent. In much of the East a deer track was news. The turn came with laws: the Lacey Act of 1900 made it a federal crime to ship illegally killed game across state lines, states set seasons and limits, and game departments moved deer into empty range, paid for largely by hunters.
It worked almost too well. Today there are roughly thirty to thirty-five million white-tailed deer, in suburbs, on farm edges, in woods your grandfather never saw one in.
- 1845–48Audubon and Bachman's "Common or Virginian Deer."
- c. 1900About 300,000 left across the continent.
- 1900The Lacey Act ends the interstate trade in illegal game.
- TodayRoughly 30–35 million.