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Using Data and Common Sense to Minimize Deer Hunting Pressure
Oct 2, 2024Josh Honeycutt
Spooking deer happens in many ways. Seeing hunters walk in the field. Hearing hunters walk or talk. Ground scent left behind during the trek in or out. Direct wind scent straight up the nostrils. These…
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The Most Perplexing Question in All of Deer Hunting
Oct 2, 2024Lindsay Thomas Jr.
What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Are we alone in the universe? What is the greatest treestand snack of all time? You’ve pondered these and other great mysteries, but they all…
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Top 10 States in Archery Deer Harvest
Sep 25, 2024Kip Adams
The average hunter today has much longer seasons and more weapon opportunities than he or she had in the past. To assess how hunters take advantage of these, for our 2024 Deer Report we surveyed…
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5 Mistakes New Saddle Hunters Make
Sep 24, 2024Brian Grossman
Saddle hunting has taken the deer hunting community by storm, and it seems the influx of hunters giving it a try continues to grow. While most hunters who try saddle hunting seem to stick with…
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Can We Prevent EHD?
Mar 20, 2013Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Hemorrhagic disease (HD) hit whitetails extremely hard in 2012, the latest in a recent string of notable years for outbreaks. The disease (mostly strains of a virus known as epizootic hemorrhagic disease or EHD, but…
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Cultipackers for Food Plots
Mar 1, 2013Lindsay Thomas Jr.
The basic equipment you must have to call yourself any kind of “food plotter” is a set of disk harrows, a machine that will pull it (whether an ATV or a tractor), and some type…
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Try These Warm-Season Food Plot Mixes
Feb 20, 2013Craig Harper
In my past article “Weed Control Primer” in Quality Whitetails magazine, I shared strategies for effective weed control in cool- and warm-season food plots. I also included several food plot mixtures and matching weed-control methods…
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Where Has That Darn Buck Gone?
Feb 19, 2013Jim Stickles
As part of a research project funded by the Georgia Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, Jim Stickles, a graduate student at the University of Georgia Deer Lab, and undergraduates Swanny Evans and…
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Hack-and-Squirt for Timber Stand Improvement
Jan 16, 2013Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Planting the right trees and removing the wrong ones can both be part of effective deer habitat management. You might need to remove trees for timber stand improvement (selecting low-value tree species to allow sunlight…
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Know Your Deer Plants: Swamp Chestnut Oak
Jan 14, 2013Matt Ross
When considering species to plant or encourage on deer hunting land in the Southeast, swamp chestnut oak should be near the top of your list. A member of the white oak family, swamp chestntut oak…
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Causes of Early Antler Casting
Dec 17, 2012Kip Adams
Every year starting in December, NDA begins to receive sporadic reports of bucks dropping their antlers earlier than normal. These reports seem to be more common in some years, or more concentrated in specific regions,…
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Can Deer See Blaze Orange?
Dec 5, 2012Lindsay Thomas Jr.
It’s a question as old as blaze-orange vests and caps. Hunters worry that their required safety-orange apparel will give them away to the sharp eyes of deer. After much research into deer vision capabilities and…
