The Deer-Forest Blog

We have four teams of field techs searching for fawns and monitoring vegetation data. Here’s some of the fun they’re finding in Penn’s Woods!

The crew captured the first fawn of the year – and the project – on Saturday on Rothrock State Forest.

Recent research has set off much debate, but the facts about what works and what doesn’t are often overlooked.

Trapping season does not mark the end of field work. The forest (and its many inhabitants) are still exciting even when you’re looking for deer poop.

We have been using our GPS-collared deer to study how weather influences deer behavior. But what about the big picture of climate change. Will it affect deer and deer management?

When it rains did deer movement follow the same patterns in 2013 and 2014?

It’s often proposed as a solution when deer are in the wrong (or not in the right) place. Can it work?

Almost 90% of readers thought deer move less when it is windy. Find out just how wrong (or right) they were!

It looks like our rocket netting success from two weeks ago will remain our only victory.

Rocket netting deer is a task that requires immense patience, not to mention layers of clothes.

Green grass, yellow dandelions, and bluebirds – winter is finally behind us. While we are dusting off the grill to kick off our summer of fun, does are going into hiding.

You may or may not recall the 80’s flick “Twins” starring Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger. An Austrian demigod and a cousin of the Sopranos – as fraternal twins. Really? And what does this have to do with deer anyway?