What can acorn availability tells us about deer? Study out of Georgia tackles the topic

It is common knowledge among deer hunters that whitetail movement is largely driven by food.
Therefore, acorns make up a large part of the whitetail diet. To learn more about acorn production and how it affects deer behavior, University of Florida researcher Kelsey Demeny undertook a two-year study of oak trees to determine which oaks produced the most mast and how whitetails behaved around them.

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