Penn State Deer-Forest Study

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 […]

Little Fish, Big Pond

For yearling males, it’s best to find a new pond. Some haven’t quite got the message.

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Dreams

Fall is here and with it comes dreams of finding and harvesting a deer with big antlers. Yes, I’m here […]

Beauty and Status

“She’s pretty so she doesn’t have to be smart.” This was a tongue-in-cheek text I received from a friend about […]

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 […]

Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 22-11

[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Hi everyone, This week we really started […]

Art

Finding beauty in nature isn’t hard to come by. Looking out my window right now I could name a hundred […]

Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 22-10

[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ——————————————————————– From the Northern Crew: Hi everyone, We’ve had a pretty successful […]

Bad Behavior

Nature is awesome. Everyday you can witness amazing feats just by looking out the window. Birds fly. Plants die and […]

Caution!

We talk about deer movements a lot on this blog. Movements before the rut, during the rut, after the rut, […]

If Momma Ain’t Happy

With the spring equinox behind us, longer warmer days are in our future. Daffodils are in bloom, the peepers are […]

Murdered by Pirates?

As we live through the reality of COVID winter, we know the safest place is home. We know who lives […]

The Real Does of the Deer Forest Study: Maternity Ward

Doe 12866, heavy with fawn, has made her way to State College after an all night trek. The only plausible […]

It Bears Repeating

We have written blog posts about how the most important component of a deer population is adult females. Their survival […]