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.
March 31, 2021
An Old Friend
Recaptures are a part of deer trapping. You read this in some of the crew diaries. Recaptures increase the longer […]
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March 25, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – 21-9
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Despite winter being officially over, we’ve actually […]
March 17, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – 21-8
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: The landscape has completely changed in the […]
March 11, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-7
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: The big news this week is that […]
March 4, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-6
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: At the end of last week, we […]
February 26, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-5
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Trapping hit a lull this week while […]
February 18, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-4
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: We’ve been pretty busy with deer captures […]
February 12, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-3
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-3 [Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Today […]
February 1, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-2
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: We saw some promising deer activity across […]
January 26, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-1
It’s that time of year again. Our crews are up and running. Let the captures begin! [Comments in brackets are […]
April 9, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 141
That’s a wrap!
March 7, 2019
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 122
From the Northern Crew: That prognosticating groundhog Phil got it all wrong. After waking up to a fresh layer […]
January 25, 2015
Deer Trapping 101 – Part II
Here we show you how Clover Traps work. Why are they called “Clover Traps”? Well, we explain why the obvious answer is wrong.
January 23, 2015
Deer Trapping 101 – Part I
How do you catch a deer? Put salt on it’s tail? There are easier ways and we will show you what they are.
April 17, 2022
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 22-13
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Hi everyone, This week our time was […]
January 11, 2022
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 22-1
Welcome to the 2022 trapping season! [Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: The […]
May 6, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-15
Field season is over, and the crews have pretty much disbanded. There is a lot of anxiety associated with deer […]
April 22, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-13
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– FLIR thermal surveys continue to make up most of our work […]
April 16, 2021
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 21-12
Crews are transitioning from trapping to FLIR surveys as the end of field season draws near. [Comments in brackets are […]
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 […]
April 2, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 140
Mud season
March 25, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 139
Still deer trapping season…
March 11, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 137
A weak winter is turning into spring
March 6, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 136
Sometimes winter, sometimes spring
