Deer Steward Study Materials
To prepare for taking the Deer Steward Level I and II courses, we recommend you read the following materials. The complete lists of study materials for both courses are included below. Also included here are links to articles from the pages of Quality Whitetails magazine. Even if you don't take the Deer Steward course, you'll find a lot of useful information here!
Deer Steward I Reading Materials Outline
Deer Steward II Reading Materials Outline
- 10 Shooting Tips From Army Marksmen
- Aging Bucks on the Hoof
- Annuals vs. Perennials (PDF)
- Antlerless Deer Management
- Buck Use of Scrapes - What the Latest Research Reveals
- Burn to Better Browse
- Can You Age By Antlers?
- Chainsaw: A Quality Deer Manager’s Best Friend
- Create Living Thicket Cover by Hinge-Cutting
- Deer Data Collection - Part I: Harvest Data
- Deer Scent Communication: What do we really know? (PDF)
- Defensive Food Plotting
- Detecting the Rut Peak
- Digest This: Scouting Deer Food from the Inside Out
- Diversify Your Whitetail Woods: Tree Plantings for Deer (PDF)
- The Effects of Prescribed Fire and Fertilizer on Browse Production in Hardwood Stands (PDF)
- Elevational Food Plots
- Food Plot Primer
- Hard Mast Management
- How Do Deer “Talk?” (PDF)
- How Many Does Can I Harvest?
- How to Run a Trail-Camera Survey
- Hunting Club Liability: Are You Covered? (PDF)
- Increase Your Sprayer I.Q.
- Interpreting Deer Harvest Data (PDF)
- Is Late Rutting Activity an Indicator of Problems?
- Making the Call: Field-Judging Skills
- Managing Native Vegetation for White-tailed Deer
- Minerals for Whitetails
- Mis-Management Bucks
- Mixing Corn and Soybeans in Food Plots
- Old-Field Management (PDF)
- Over the Limit?
- Paradise: Construction Continues
- Paradise: Construction Continues on a Budget
- QDM and Coyotes
- Quality Vegetation Management
- Quality Warm-Season Forage Plots
- Seven Steps to a Successful Cooperative
- Shedding Light on Southern Timber Management (PDF)
- Strategic Food Plot Placement Equals Harvest Success
- A User’s Guide to Successful Apple Tree Plots
- A View From Afar
- Weed Control Primer (PDF)
- What do Deer See?
- What is TSI?
- Why are the Young Bucks Leaving?
- Young Hunters: Whose Rules Should They Follow