Deer Study - Very Good Read

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  1. muzzyman88

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    I work at Penn State and the folks in the College of Ag. have been doing a deer study for quite some time. They've been publishing the results of their study thus far and I have to say the data and findings are pretty neat. See for yourself.

    Deer-Forest Study ? Penn State University
     
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    Good info thanks for the link, when is the PA gun season after the rut?
     
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    Thanks Muzzyman88 for posting this up. Good reading.

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    OK explains the lack of movement, wish Minnesota would move the gun hunt out of the rut.
     
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    Muzzy, great share! Really enjoyed reading these studies. The new fawn survival studies will be really interesting.

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    Qdma supplying money here too or is this unbiased research?
     
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    They have been doing some really great in depth research. I found the study pertaining to how deer "hole up" when the gun season starts fascinating.
     
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    Good stuff.
     
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    Although I can't stand the PA Game Commission or some of their nonsensical rules, how they changed the seasons, etc., these studies are about fawn survival and buck/doe range and not about deer management or antler restrictions. Pretty interesting read.
     
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    Great read muzzyman

    Thanks for posting. I wish the UoA would do one for Arizona deer.

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    I've been to the Penn State Deer pen areas and talked to students and faculty there. They are very knowledgeable about deer behavior and habitat. Great post Muzzy...
     
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    The qdma model for some of their blogs is to hold fund raisers for the colleges or donate money and in return you see a lot of the research show up on the qdma website. I am not saying this is a bad thing, but I would say I do not believe the research as much as I would from a university that is not collecting money.
     
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    Ahh, I see what you mean. I wasn't aware.
     
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    No bias or underlying agenda here. It has nothing to do with managing land. Its about deer behavior.
     
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    Really cool. I have to start paying more attention to that.
     
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