White-tailed deer in northeast Washington live in a world shaped by two competing limitations – predators and the availability of food. But while wolves and cougars garner more attention, they’re not ...

Abstract: Deer react to predator scent in varying degrees even when exposed to unknown predators. This response could be genetically based and maintained as long as the population is exposed to ...

Deer populations are shrinking as predator populations rise, Santucci said. At the time of a 2001 game commission study, about half percent of deer fawns were not surviving to maturity, and that ...

The oldest wild whitetail ever documented lived to be 24 years old. That’s impressive—but also the exception, not the norm. In North America, wild deer usually have short, hard lives as they navigate ...

Whitetail deer in the Iowa County study area have a 16 percent “crude average” prevalence rate of being infected with CWD, said Storm. The prevalence rate is about 3 percent in the Grant County study ...

Hunting in Wisconsin has seen ups and downs in terms of harvest numbers. How could Wolves impact the Wisconsin Deer hunting ...

“What’s the most important wild animal of North Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma?” This question might stimulate a lively discussion and result in several species proposed as likely candidates. I often ...

Students on the BYU campus have probably seen mule deer lounging on the grass or browsing plants. With how many students spend their time on campus, why do the deer stay? The BYU campus is host to a ...

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