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Deer Science
A Photo Gallery of Jawbones From Extremely Old Deer
Apr 30, 2025Lindsay Thomas Jr.
The longer deer live, the more they wear down their teeth from chewing forage and browse. It used to be that hunters could only age extremely worn deer jaws as “5½-plus” or some variation of…
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Top 3 Factors Influencing Deer-Vehicle Collisions
Apr 7, 2025Casey Rotenberger
In my home state of Pennsylvania, everyone has either hit a deer with their vehicle or knows someone who has. The Keystone State was identified as “high-risk” in 2024 by State Farm, with the likelihood…
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Meet the Smallest Deer in North America, Florida’s Key Deer
Mar 5, 2025Ben Westfall
What do you picture when you think of deer? The iconic whitetail is likely what comes to mind for most of us, but there are several other deer species found in the wild lands of…
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How Far Apart Do Bucks Drop Their Antlers? Shed Hunting Tips From New Science
Feb 5, 2025Lindsay Thomas Jr.
You just found a nice shed antler. How far away is the matching side? How likely are you to find it? We now have scientific data to help answer these questions, thanks to a new…
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4 Reasons Mature Bucks Are Critical to Deer Herd Health and Hunting
Jan 8, 2025Kip Adams
Mature bucks can take your breath away. Whether it’s a frosty fall morning in the woods or a summer evening in an alfalfa field, the mere glimpse of a mature buck will make your heart…
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Weak Excuses and Legitimate Concerns of Late-Season Doe Harvest
Dec 11, 2024Kip Adams
During my career as a deer biologist, I’ve heard many weak excuses for why hunters pass up opportunities at antlerless deer late in the hunting season. I’m sure you’ve heard some of them, too. Conversely,…
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How Long Before You See Bigger Deer After Improving Nutrition?
Nov 20, 2024Lindsay Thomas Jr.
You were present in your maternal grandmother’s womb. I know this is a strange way to begin a story about deer, but stay with me: It’s the simplest way to explain an important concept of…
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Does Weather Impact Deer Movement? Here’s What We Know
Oct 30, 2024Brian Grossman
As hunters, we’re always looking for the slightest edge we can gain to improve our odds of success in the field. We buy the latest gear, read up on all the latest hunting tips and…
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Three Reliable Ways to Test Deer for CWD
Oct 28, 2024Dr. Jenn Ballard
While the full impact of chronic wasting disease (CWD) on wildlife populations, hunting culture and conservation continues to come to light, it is already clear that this disease will be part of a new normal…
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6 Facts You Really Need to Know About Buck Home Ranges, and 1 You Don’t
Oct 16, 2024Lindsay Thomas Jr.
We know a lot about whitetail buck home ranges, those phantom zones on the landscape where bucks spend most of their lives. We may even know too much about them. In a review of the…
