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The Heat Is On…

Almost 10 years ago we wrote a blog post about temperature and buck movements during the rut. If you enjoy […]

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Was the 2024 Rut Unusual?

Memory is a funny thing. It can be influenced by many things – emotion, language, context. Facts are only one […]

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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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Near Peak Performance

As I write this, we are 5 days away from 50% of females being bred. That means males are at, […]

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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 […]

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Exponential Increase

On average, you should be seeing an increase in buck movements – as in the ones you have never seen […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Closed for Renovation! 

Renovations are exciting. Sure they can be a headache but when complete, it’s like a whole new world. Many stores […]

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Labor and Delivery

Fawning season is fast approaching and babies of all shapes, sizes and persuasions (deer aren’t the only ones proliferating) will […]

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Totality

Unless you have been living under a rock (or the moon), you are familiar with totality. On April 8, 2024, […]

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Decades in the Making

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

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Pennsylvania’s Wild Kingdom

When I was a kid, I was a voracious consumer of facts. We had the Encyclopedia Americana and all the […]

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Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 24-4

[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ———————————————————————————- From the Northern Crew: Greetings from the North. Last week we […]

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Better than the Lottery

There is an ongoing debate in my house. Well, there are a lot of ongoing debates in my house, and […]

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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 […]

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Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 23-1

It’s that time of year again! After a bit of a rough start filling positions, the trapping crews have started […]

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Playing the Lottery – Part 2

I was sitting in my daughter’s tree stand this week (it’s really my tree stand that is named for her, […]

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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 […]

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I’m Outta Here!

Don’t panic, neither Jeannine or I quit (although some days…). But we do have a buck who said “See ya […]

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Thinking About Rifle Season

It has been a busy fall. In fact, so busy that Jeannine and I have had little time for writing […]

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The Dog Barked

A few weeks ago, we sent out a call. And, of course, you answered! Many readers of the blog responded […]

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The “Worst-Case” Deer

Previously I shared some movements our collared deer make across roadways. Whether you’ve been personally involved in a deer-vehicle collision […]

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Nesting or Fledging?

Ah spring! With longer and warm days, it’s time to get out and enjoy it. Bucks are on board with […]

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