NDA Deer Report: Nationwide mature buck kill hits record high
The 2019-2020 season saw a near-record buck harvest of 2.9 million, with a record 39% of those bucks estimated to be 3½ years or older.
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Bucks hanging onto their antlers in early spring
Produces a ‘what the heck’ moment for the author.
Why and when do whitetail bucks shed their antlers?
A chance antler find causes this blogger to investigate the variables affecting antler drop.
Will persisting chronic wasting disease end APR in southeast Minnesota?
With 11 more CWD positives so far this fall – all white-tailed bucks – can antler-point restrictions survive in 2019?
Antler rubs tell part of the story – and can help hunters
For the writer, the value of a rub is that it tells where a buck has been and in which direction he was heading.
Trail cam sighting stirs up memories of regal bucks of yesteryear
Author getting tuned up for Saturday’s bow opener in Ohio.
DNR proposes buck-only restrictions in just one county
That’s a sign the state’s northern herd has regenerated.
Pennsylvania buck harvest up 10 percent, most in 15 years
The overall deer harvest was also up 10 percent, to nearly 370,000, with bowhunters accounting for about a third of the harvest.
Bucks and genetics: Mother Nature can’t be outwitted, Part 2
When it comes to the growth cycle and outcome of an individual buck’s antler formation, the most crucial and overlooked element, by far, is the role of the doe.
DNR board OKs reducing fall buck-only zones
The 2017 season structure designates Ashland, Iron and Vilas counties and the eastern half of Eau Claire County as buck-only.
Bucks and genetics — Mother Nature can’t be outwitted
Probably the two biggest misconceptions about culling to improve antler genetics are the “spike” debate and environmental influences.
Too early to pattern movements of bucks in your woods? The Optimality Theory at work
Basically, it boils down to costs vs. benefits, and how the variances in this ratio affect buck movements during the breeding season in countless ways. But it doesn’t end there, as we’re well aware of how buck activity comes to life around the end of October.
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