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 21, 2020
Drooling for Evidence
Picture this: a death is reported to authorities, but they find only 1 bone, can’t interview anyone about what happened, […]
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December 16, 2020
It Bears Repeating
We have written blog posts about how the most important component of a deer population is adult females. Their survival […]
November 24, 2020
Moosylvania
Pennsylvania is home to two cervids – elk and white-tailed deer (of course). But on rare occasions, a third makes […]
October 20, 2020
Field Notes
Deer Crew Diaries may go on hiatus in the summer and fall but that doesn’t mean the field techs do. […]
October 13, 2020
Synchronous Serendipity
While we have put the topic of fawn predation to bed on this blog, it’s still shows up. A recent […]
June 30, 2020
It depends…
Two people independently sent me the same research paper a couple of months ago. The title – Synergistic Population Density […]
March 25, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 139
Still deer trapping season…
March 19, 2020
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 138
Deer and some other fun guests!
Publications
Gingery, T. M., D. R. Diefenbach, C. E. Pritchard, D. C. Ensminger, B. D. Wallingford, and C. S. Rosenberry. 2020. […]
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 […]
November 22, 2019
The Ultimate Guide to Hunting Big Woods Deer
Five years of blog knowledge wrapped up in one post! Will it help you this hunting season?
August 2, 2019
Seekers
Wildlife are great at hiding. We need to be good at seeking.
Change and Structure
Strap in for a low speed, unthrilling ride into 2 population estimation methods
