Can you mange genetics of wild deer though herd manipulation — killing specific deer — to achieve bigger bucks? That’s a question a lot of hunters and land managers ask and discuss.
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Secrets of the Rut: Whitetail Deer Role Reversal
For better hunting success during deer season, it’s critical to understand the role that does play during the process of mate selection known as the rut.
Once a Spike, Always a Spike: Deer Hunting’s Big Myth
Can culling bucks with a spike on one side “get them out of the gene pool” or is this just one of deer hunting’s long-held and untrue myths?
CWD Update: No Uniform Approach to Fight Deadly Deer Disease
With no uniform approach to battle chronic wasting disease, state wildlife officials must work with federal officials and each other to fight CWD.
CWD Update: Fatal Deer Disease a Worldwide Problem
Chronic wasting disease was discovered in Norway in spring 2016 and also has been confirmed in South Korea, making it a worldwide problem.
CWD Update: Deer May Spread Infectious CWD Material in Food, Water
Research into chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer shows that infectious prions may be spread by the animals at food and water sources.
CWD Update: How Whitetail Deer Transmit Chronic Wasting Disease
Scientific research shows white-tailed deer can transmit the prions that cause chronic wasting disease, and some of those ways may be surprising.
CWD Update: Study Confirms Does Pass CWD to Their Fawns
A research study confirms that maternal transmission of chronic wasting disease to fawns is possible via different pathways.
CWD Update: Top Researchers Tackle Deer Disease
Top biologists, researchers, wildlife officials and others are gathering in Michigan this week to discuss chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer.
3 Keys to the Science of Whitetail Habitat Management
Want bigger bucks now? This three-step plan from Auburn University Deer Lab sheds light on the best ways to maximize food availability and keep costs low.