About the Deer-Forest Study
Pennsylvania forests face many challenges - invasive plants, insect outbreaks, soil acidity, tree diseases, and even deer. This study is being conducted to better understand the role of deer in the context of all these challenges and to help Pennsylvania’s forest and wildlife managers better manage deer and the forest.
November 12, 2024
Mean or Median?
Last week Shane asked how different a graph of median movements might be compared to the mean. A great question […]
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November 8, 2024
Near Peak Performance
As I write this, we are 5 days away from 50% of females being bred. That means males are at, […]
Fluffy
Many of our readers are spending more time in the woods now. As we all know, it takes a little […]
November 6, 2024
How Useful is the Mean?
Well, have you heard the joke about the forester, wildlife biologist, and statistician that went hunting? The statistician had never […]
October 30, 2024
Exponential Increase
On average, you should be seeing an increase in buck movements – as in the ones you have never seen […]
October 23, 2024
Is Anyone Out There?
It’s been amazing October weather and the early muzzloader season is open! Are you out there? The mornings might be […]
October 16, 2024
Miles and Miles to Go
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to […]
October 4, 2024
FRAPs
We are lovers of dogs around here. They bring much joy and sometimes frustration to our lives. Duane might have […]
September 25, 2024
Did you pass our quiz?
We had a lot of fun with our 10th Anniversary Quiz. And now we are here to tell you how […]
September 18, 2024
Happy Anniversary!
The Deer Forest blog is celebrating a big milestone – 10 years! I can hardly believe it myself. I’ve been […]
September 6, 2024
Pennsylvania’s Wild Kingdom
When I was a kid, I was a voracious consumer of facts. We had the Encyclopedia Americana and all the […]
August 6, 2024
Fat Does and Big Antlers
I am here again to sing the praises of the best kind of deer – those WITHOUT antlers. I have […]