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Antlered Buck Harvest - Kip's Korner - December 2009
The 2009-10 deer season is closed or nearing so for states across the whitetail's range, and biologists will be crunching data in the coming months to assess ...
Buck Fawn Harvest - Kip's Korner - September 2009
The most important tenet of Quality Deer Management (QDM) is to balance the deer herd with the habitat’s ability to support it. Critics often speak of trophy ...
Whitetails Are Changing Our Woodlands
This headline from a January 1993 article inthe Washington Post gets to the heart of scientists' concern that browsing by an overabundance of whitetail deer is ...
A Conflict Between Forest Renewal and White-tailed Deer: A Silviculturalist's Perspective on Values
This conference is focused on "The Impact of Deer on the Biodiversity and Economy of Pennsylvania. "Each speaker on this panel has been asked to speak about ...
Deer Carrying Capacity: Too Few, Too Many, and for Whom?
Management of white-tailed deer is one of Pennsylvania's most controversial issues. This gentle, attractive mammal is avaluable and widely appreciated natural ...
Effect of Deer Browsing on Timber Production in Allegheny Hardwood Forests of Northwestern Pennsylvania
Regeneration surveys in fenced and unfenced portions of thirteen 9- to 22-year-old clearcuts on the Allegheny Plateau of Northwestern Pennsylvania show that ...
Predictors of White-Tailed Deer Grazing Intensity in Fragmented Deciduous Forests
White-tailed deer (Oclocoileus virginianus) can cause major changes in the composition and structure of forest communities by browsing shrubs and tree ...
Relative deer density and sustainability: a conceptual framework for integrating deer managment with ecosystem managment
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations and harvests of white-tailed deer have increased dramatically in the eastern United States on public and ...
Checklist of Woody & Herbaceous Deer Food Plants of Louisiana
Excerpt: "The white-tailed deer is dependent upon the Plant Kingdom for the food it needs for growth and development. Management of this food resource, which ...
Measuring Survival and Response to Hunting Activity of Female White-Tailed Deer Brochure
Monitoring survival rates and harvest vulnerability of female white-tailed deerare two fundamental components of any deer management program. However, few data ...
More Harm than Good: Here's why the New Hampshire Fish and Game urges you NOT to feed the deer
White-tailed deer in New Hampshire are at the northern limit of their range and have several natural adaptations that help them survive the winter. These ...
Use of turtlehead (Chelone glabra L.) and other herbaceous plants to assess intensity of white-tailed deer browsing on Allegheny Plateau riparian forests, USA
One of the key factors affecting the integrity of forest ecosystems in portions of the eastern United States is heavy browsing by overabundant populations of ...
Deer Population Management through Hunting and Alternative Means of Control
On October 27, 1997, the Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy sponsored a conference, open to the public, to address a growing wildlife problem ...
Deer: Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Deer are probably the most widely distributed and best-recognized large mammals in North America. The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) (Fig. 1) ...
"White-Tailed Deer: Beauty or Beast?" Lesson Plan Grades 10-12
Goals for the Lesson: Students will be familiar with the natural history and reproductive patterns of the white-tailed deer; Students will be able to ...
Growing and Managing Successful Food Plots for Wildlife in the Mid-South
Planting food plots is an excellent way to improve available nutrition, increase the carrying capacity and concentrate wildlife on your property. Food plots ...
Browse Preference and Browsing Intensity of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) In Allegheny High Plateau Riparian Forests, USA
Decades of chronic browsing by overabundant white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman) has strongly influenced forest pattern and process on the ...

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