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.
February 7, 2025
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 25-2
[Comments in brackets are by Jeannine and Duane] ———————————————————————————- From the Northern Crew: Greetings from the North! This past week […]
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February 4, 2025
Is hand-crafted better?
It must be, because just about every beer sold nowadays is touted as “craft” beer, although what that really means […]
January 28, 2025
Deer Crew Diaries – Entry 25-1
It’s January. And that means deer trapping crews are out and about. It’s been pretty cold. Let’s hope that makes […]
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. […]
January 6, 2025
The Heat Is On…
Almost 10 years ago we wrote a blog post about temperature and buck movements during the rut. If you enjoy […]
December 29, 2024
The Age of Wisdom
It’s my favorite time of year. Christmas lights are twinkling. Cookies are baked. Deer aging is over. And Wisdom has […]
December 19, 2024
Little Less Conversation
Often when researching a post, I stumble down a rabbit hole on another topic. Fluffy led me to hair pigmentation […]
December 12, 2024
Was the 2024 Rut Unusual?
Memory is a funny thing. It can be influenced by many things – emotion, language, context. Facts are only one […]
November 28, 2024
Are We Tired Yet?
Whether they like it or not, it will no longer be bird season on Saturday and my setters will have […]
November 21, 2024
Over the Hump
We’re on the downhill side of the rut. More than half of females are now pregnant. The Rut Tracker is […]
November 12, 2024
Mean or Median?
Last week Shane asked how different a graph of median movements might be compared to the mean. A great question […]
November 8, 2024
Near Peak Performance
As I write this, we are 5 days away from 50% of females being bred. That means males are at, […]