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Deer Science
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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Hunting
6 Reasons to Leave Your Trail-Cameras Out Post Deer Season
Jan 29, 2025Brian Grossman
For years, I’d put my trail-cameras out a couple months prior to deer season, watch them intently through the rut, and as soon as the season wrapped up, I’d venture back out to pull them…
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Habitat
5 Easy Steps to Better Deer Forage and Cover
Jan 22, 2025Lindsay Thomas Jr.
One of the easiest ways to quickly improve forage and cover for deer is to remove a plant that doesn’t belong here. Whether it’s a non-native tree, shrub or vine, the space and resources it…
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Hunting
Mature Buck Harvest Rises to Another New U.S. Record
Jan 15, 2025NDA Staff
U.S. deer hunters took more than 3 million whitetail bucks in the 2023-24 hunting season and set a new record in mature buck harvest, as 43% of those bucks were estimated to be 3½ years…
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Red Oaks are Important in Deer Nutrition
Mar 27, 2013Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Start talking about planting trees for wildlife and the first question asked is bound to be: “Which tree species is best for me to plant?” Many people are hoping to hear there is one almighty…
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Food Plot Species Profile: Grain Sorghum
Mar 20, 2013Bob Westerfield
My first introduction to sorghum was on a dove field over 25 years ago. The land manager had planted several strips of sorghum that not only provided a good seed source for the birds but…
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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…