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10 year Pa deer study

Blacksmith said:
I'll box one up for UPS to get a price...The wife will help me get it in a box...
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I've seen those doe you have up in Ohio. They are huge compared to our does. When I was up there we went by a processor, and I just could not get over the size of them. They are bigger bodied than 95% of our bucks.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
I've seen those doe you have up in Ohio. They are huge compared to our does. When I was up there we went by a processor, and I just could not get over the size of them. They are bigger bodied than 95% of our bucks.
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Shot two this week that would push 300#. They look like cows.
 
Tknapp said:
I saw that the pagc with a few other organizations including Penn State did a new 10 year deer study. They collared 1,120 buck, doe, and fawns over this time with gps collars. Some of the info was very interesting. Some key points that I took away ill list below.

-Mature buck are usually bedded well before dawn and don't typically move until after 10 am.
-deer patterns changed the day before the season opener.
-light rain does not affect deer movement.
-wind does not affect deer movement and movement often increases on windy days.
-the number of deer killed on public land is way less than I expected and those deer just hide more.

Here is the link to the article and the blog recording the data.

10-year Pennsylvania deer study shakes up what hunters thought they knew [column] | Outdoors | lancasteronline.com
Penn State Deer-Forest Study (psu.edu)
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It appears the article is only available to subscribers. Has anyone found this study in a format available to the general public?
 
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