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 11, 2024
A Bone to Chew
It’s my favorite hunting season and the only one I participate in. That’s right – it’s shed hunting season. While […]
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February 10, 2020
Needle in a Haystack
This crazy weather has me thinking of my favorite springtime activity.
March 2, 2016
Confessions of a Shed Hunter
There’s more than one way to get those coveted bones that grow from a whitetails head!
April 8, 2025
Speck
I have Google Scholar alert set up that sends me notifications whenever a publication includes “white-tailed deer.” Shockingly, I get […]
March 12, 2025
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 25-7
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ———————————————————————————- From the Northern Crew: Greetings from the Susquehannock! Wow! What a […]
February 26, 2025
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 25-5
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ———————————————————————————- From the Northern Crew: Greetings from the North! This past week […]
January 12, 2025
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. […]
July 19, 2024
Daniel and Deer
This is Daniel. He has been my neighbor for 9 years. I’ve known his family since I moved to Pennsylvania […]
May 14, 2024
Labor and Delivery
Fawning season is fast approaching and babies of all shapes, sizes and persuasions (deer aren’t the only ones proliferating) will […]
April 24, 2024
Salacious Headlines
We have all stood in the grocery store checkout line and stared with curiosity, horror, and disbelief at the headlines […]
March 28, 2024
Decades in the Making
In September 2014, we published our first blog post. Ah, the good old days when getting blog ideas was easy. […]
February 7, 2024
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 […]
January 22, 2024
Concealed Woodland Danger
If you have read this blog for any length of time, you know how important plants are. You know soil […]
December 25, 2023
Sleigh 🛷 Superstars
Once again the red-clad fat man has made his annual trek around the world. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) […]
