Penn State Deer Study

[Boudreaux]

I posted this over on AT as well, This study shows the movements of a GPS collared buck for 2 years through hunting season. It shows A LOT of good information and some very eye opening things...

http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2015/the-life-and-times-of-buck-8917

Thanks,
Boswell

 

[drew13]

Interesting stuff, Boswell. Thanks for sharing.


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[boone0]

Wow, that was fascinating! Thanks for posting.

 

[bioguy]

There have been a number of great GPS studies (some of which I have been a part of) in the past few years investigating how hunting pressure affects deer movement, analyzing deer movements over time, etc. Unfortunately, researchers are hesitant to release results to the public until they have been published in a peer reviewed journal, and that process takes time (at least several months and sometimes years).

Those that do get published usually are covered by QDMA's Quality Whitetails (QW). Unfortunately, QW doesn't have the same impact factor as say Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Deer & Deer Hunting, etc. but the quality of the articles far surpasses any of those magazines. I have always said that even if you do not agree with the QDM philosophy, Quality Whitetails magazine alone is worth the price of being a QDMA member ($30/year). They have connections to the top deer experts all over the country, and when those experts want to publish a popular press article, they go to QDMA first.

These are just some articles on their website:
https://www.qdma.com/articles/how-fast- ... g-pressure
https://www.qdma.com/articles/gps-revea ... t-patterns
https://www.qdma.com/articles/new-data- ... ize-by-age
https://www.qdma.com/articles/33-fascin ... r-research
https://www.qdma.com/articles/is-the-lo ... ase-a-myth
https://www.qdma.com/galleries/bucks-ar ... high-water
https://www.qdma.com/articles/10-things ... -movements

 

[g2outdoors]

Saved for later. Great post!

 

[akira7799]

Excellent article...great read!