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.
November 10, 2020
Magic!
Deer management, in the condensed version, has 3 steps: Identify goals and objectives Collect data to assess deer population and […]
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November 4, 2020
Smoke and Mirrors
It is no secret that not everyone likes antler point restrictions (APRs). However, they are supported by about 60% of […]
November 2, 2020
Who Run the World
(Does)
October 28, 2020
Old Spice
While approaching traps, I could sometimes tell we had been successful before the trap even came into view. It wasn’t […]
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 […]
October 3, 2020
Oh what a beautiful morning…
October is upon us and love is in the air. But I’m not talking about deer. Today is the first […]
September 28, 2020
Two Bucks, Three Years
This week I have 2 different bucks we tracked for 3 years. That means these bucks were at least 2.5 […]
September 21, 2020
Same Thing, Different Year?
We have shown a lot of movies of deer movements. Our most famous deer died outside his home range at […]
September 17, 2020
A New Podcast Interview
Jeremy Gillespie of Going 4 Broke Outdoors interviewed me for Episode 5 of his podcast. Jeremy asked a lot of […]
September 15, 2020
Phase IV- A fool’s errand
Duane’s COVID summer project centered around rats in the barn but it’s not hard to see the parallels to deer […]
September 10, 2020
Phase III – What every story needs
When we embarked on this COVID summer project, we had no idea what an epic adventure it would become. Harry […]