Over the last two years, the Mule Deer Foundation has invested $9.9 million that was matched by $35.8 million in agency and partner funds.
Tag: habitat
Program for Deer Hunting Success | Understanding Mature Bucks
These five habitat-related differences should be impacting how you hunt that area very significantly, if not completely dictating it.
Strong Public Land, Conservation Bill Passes Senate
The Senate recently passed the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), a bipartisan package of bills that includes several key pieces of the Sportsmen’s Act to benefit wildlife habitat, public land access and the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Acorns Rule, But Don’t Overlook Other Forest Deer Candy
Acorns, persimmons and other mast are the candy of the forest that deer and deer hunters seek each autumn.
Improve Your Woodsmanship by Thinking Like a Deer
There’s a difference between anthropomorphism and common-sense hunting tactics. Of course, the latter is quite the oxymoron. As baseball great Paul Molitor once said, “If common sense were so common, wouldn’t everyone have it?” It should also be noted that many great hunters fail miserably when trying to predict deer behavior based on “what should […]
When is Late Autumn and Winter Food Plot Planting Beneficial?
It was supposed to be the year I finally had the food plots right. Entering my second season managing the property, I planned to make up for my late start the previous year. With a deer population well above goal, I desperately needed to maximize the food production in my plots. I failed, at least […]
The Deer Hunters Almanac 2017 Will Jumpstart Your Best Season
For the 26th year, America’s Whitetail Authority will release the Deer Hunters’ Almanac to newsstands, a trusted deer hunters’ reference guide that features a wide range of topics for every white-tailed deer hunter. The publishers of Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine have given the Deer Hunters’ Almanac 2017 top treatment to make it the must-have […]
Deer Numbers Stable, Rising in Some Areas
Deer populations are stable and rising according to post-season surveys of one state not always high on any lists for whitetail deer hunters. Stable and rising? How’s that possible? According to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks hunter surveys, mule deer numbers are increasing in Region 6, the northeastern portion of the state. Whitetail numbers […]
Prescribed Fire in Mixed Pine-Hardwood Forests
Prescribed fire is a useful tool to help manage for timber and wildlife if implemented appropriately. While blackening of a tree’s bark is perceived by the public as damaging to the tree, this is generally untrue and only aesthetically unpleasant for a short time. By Brandon Howell, Area Biologist Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater […]
5 Deer Management Tips for Your Small Property
In the last few weeks of our new webcast, Grow ’em Big with Steve Bartylla, his advice has been about laying the groundwork for your deer management goals before starting anything on your property. That’s just common sense, isn’t it? You wouldn’t start planting a garden without plowing the ground or adding any fertilizer or dirt […]