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Deer Science
What Makes Deer Grow Larger in Some Areas?
Apr 15, 2026Mark Turner
Most deer hunters learn early in their hunting career that some locations produce larger deer than others. Hunters in Iowa and Kansas, for example, have a much different impression of what constitutes a big buck…
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Deer Science
The Screwworm Fly is Back and Approaching Texas, Threatening Deer
Apr 8, 2026Lindsay Thomas Jr.
A monster that eats live deer, which we thought we defeated decades ago, is on the rise. Once chased all the way back down to South America, the New World screwworm fly is staging a…
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Habitat
Food Plots are Overrated. Do This Instead.
Apr 1, 2026Brian Grossman
Before you hit send on that email questioning my sanity, let me start by saying that I love food plots as much as the next person. There’s something extremely satisfying about working the ground, planting…
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Hunting
Shoot or Pass This Buck? New Wisconsin Study Paints a Portrait of the Picky Deer Hunter
Mar 25, 2026Lindsay Thomas Jr.
Between the sound of the alarm clock and the punching of a buck tag, there’s a series of decisions for every deer hunter. Do I go hunting today? Yes. Is that a deer I see?…
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Detecting the Rut Peak
Mar 2, 2012Kip Adams
Fetal aging sounds like a technique used by Ob/Gyn doctors and ultrasound technicians, but deer managers can learn a lot about the population they’re managing by taking some annual fetal measurements. Joe Hamilton, QDMA’s founder,…
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Finding Un-Pressured Deer
Mar 2, 2012Kip Adams
Density, distribution and travel patterns are things we often seek to learn about deer, but researchers from Penn State University set out to learn the density, distribution and habitat use of deer hunters. They used…
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The Biology of Bachelor Groups
Mar 2, 2012Matt Ross
If you are monitoring local whitetails during summer through the lenses of your binoculars, or through the lens of a trail-camera, you’ve probably seen what are known as “bachelor groups.” These are groups of bucks…
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How to Establish a QDM Cooperative
Jan 25, 2012NDA Staff
“We would love to participate in a deer management program on our property, but those dirtbags across the fence shoot everything that moves. So, what’s the point?” Sound familiar? I’ve heard this countless times over…
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Aging Bucks on the Hoof
Jan 25, 2012Kip Adams
Harvesting white-tailed bucks based on age is becoming an increasingly common management strategy. To implement this practice, hunters must have the ability to accurately age bucks on the hoof based on their body characteristics, an…
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Submit Your Buck Photos for “Age This!”
Jan 1, 2012Lindsay Thomas Jr.
One of the most popular features of NDA’s weekly e-newsletter is “Age This!” We select trail-camera photos of bucks supplied by our readers and ask our readers to estimate their age. Readers get to see…
