Brutally cold weather is affecting whitetails and how soon bucks are shedding their antlers.
Tag: winter severity index
How to Measure Winter Stress in Whitetails
What causes deer, even healthy deer, to not make it through winter? It depends on the severity of winter, which can be gauged through a point system.
Frigid Temps Not Affecting Deer … Yet
Despite below-zero temperatures for most of the past two weeks, this winter is shaping up to be a nonfactor for white-tailed deer. And, while it’s true below-zero temps force deer to conserve energy, the lack of snow depth has made this winter’s first month a walk on the beach for deer across cold-country. As of […]
Whitetail Winter: Massive Losses on the Horizon?
Deep snow and bitter cold temperatures can wreak havoc on a whitetail herd. And, sadly, it doesn’t take long for Old Man Winter to knock these critters to their knees. What’s in store for this winter? Will we see pockets of deer die-offs across snow country? If I was a betting man, I’d answer with […]