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.
December 12, 2023
Mistaken Identity
So remember that buck that ended up 40+ miles from where he was captured? Yeah, there’s more to that story. […]
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November 17, 2023
Crash and Burn?
We recently provided an update of bucks leading up to the peak of the rut. If you don’t want to […]
October 26, 2022
Playing the Lottery – Part 1
What’s the chances a buck lives 3 years? When you radiocollar a deer to monitor movements and survival you need […]
August 3, 2022
Gut Feeling
Summer is in the home stretch. And while we’ve been going to fairs, baseball games, and festivals, bucks and does […]
July 12, 2022
Travels of an Average Joe
Most people are average. It’s the very essence of the word. A value that represents many; common. That’s not to […]
May 25, 2022
The stick or the carrot?
I was perusing the latest issue of the Wildlife Professional in search of an interesting topic for the blog. The […]
April 13, 2022
Latent States
Those of you in a certain demographic may remember the SAT. A standardized test used to evaluate your college readiness […]
October 22, 2014
Two More September Bucks to Follow
In this post we provide movies of two more bucks in September, one from the Ridge & Valley and one from the Big Woods.
February 27, 2018
To Kill a Buck
36% of yearlings and 80% of adult bucks are legal to harvest, but are they?
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 […]
June 10, 2024
Alone Time
White-tailed deer are social creatures. It is rare to see just one deer. And even if you can only spot […]
October 18, 2023
Cold Wet Winds of Change
I always get questions about how deer respond to weather. We have tried to address this in many different ways […]
November 14, 2022
Dreams
Fall is here and with it comes dreams of finding and harvesting a deer with big antlers. Yes, I’m here […]
March 10, 2022
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 22-8
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Hi everyone, Captures continue to slowly trickle […]
April 21, 2021
Trapping Facts and Figures
We receive many questions about our deer trapping efforts. So we decided to celebrate the close of the 2021 trapping […]
April 8, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-11
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Trapping slowed down this week, though we […]
October 28, 2020
Old Spice
While approaching traps, I could sometimes tell we had been successful before the trap even came into view. It wasn’t […]
February 27, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 135
From the Northern Crew: It was an eventful week. We captured four bucks, two adults and two juveniles. Like most […]
August 2, 2019
Sex Age Kill
Film noir masquerading as a population model
