Penn State Deer-Forest Study

You can’t kill’em

A wise man once told me “You can’t kill’em if you aren’t there.” Indeed, placing yourself in the woods instead […]

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 […]

Posts Related to harvest

The Annual Deer Harvest

A comment in Jeannine’s last post caught my attention. I have to write about it.

Will Hunters Harvest Collared Deer?

We hear stories all the time about hunters avoiding or targeting radio-collared deer. Find out what we have learned about hunter behavior.

How much does size and experience matter?

Our neighbor comes down about once a week, especially now that the rut is in full swing, to share a […]

Choose Wisely

I’m a big fan of Indiana Jones (We won’t discuss the disaster that was The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull). […]

Auto Repairs and Celestial Predictors

A down-time habit of mine (my wife might argue it’s an obsession) is to watch auto repair videos on YouTube. […]

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 […]

Fat Does and Big Antlers

I am here again to sing the praises of the best kind of deer – those WITHOUT antlers. I have […]

Decades in the Making

In September 2014, we published our first blog post. Ah, the good old days when getting blog ideas was easy. […]

Healthy Obsession

It’s October and you can feel the change. Leaves are starting to drop. Pleasant temperatures greet us in the evening. […]

Pieces of the Puzzle

Springtime has always been a favorite for me. Even though we didn’t have much of a winter, I can’t wait […]

House Hunting

Doe 16601 was an adult at time of capture. So 2018 was not her first fawning season. We know from […]

Snowstorm

Nothing drives people to the grocery faster than the prediction of a snowstorm. But those have been almost nonexistent this […]