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Deer Biology/Management

Please choose from the following articles:

  • A Glut of Does Harms Bucks
    by John J. Ozoga

 

  • A User’s Guide to Successful Apple Tree Plots
    by Bill Mayo

 

  • A View From Afar
    by Dr. Mickey Hellickson

 

  • Adult Sex Ratios (November 2003)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Age This! (February 2007 Quality Whitetails)
    by QDMA Staff

 

  • Aggressive Doe Harvest
    by Brian Murphy

 

  • Aging Bucks on the Hoof
    by Dave Richards and Al Brothers

 

  • Aging on the Hoof (December 2008)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Amazing Antlers
    by Kip Adams, QDMA

 

  • Antler Abnormalities (August 2004)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Antler Basics (June 2004)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Antlerless Deer Harvest (September 2003)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Antlerless Deer Management
    by Brian Murphy

 

  • Are You Likely to See a Whitetail Sleeping?
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Buck Movements and Mortality: Limitations in QDM Programs

 

  • Buck Use of Scrapes—What the Latest Research Reveals
    by Karen Alexy

 

  • Burn to Better Browse
    by Robert Smith and Jimmy Atkinson

 

  • Button Buck Biology
    by Brian Murphy

 

  • Button Bucks at the Skinning Shed
    by By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Camera Surveys 101
    by Jason Snavely

 

  • Can You Age By Antlers?
    by Dr. Mickey Hellickson

 

  • Canine Teeth in Whitetails
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Chainsaw: A Quality Deer Manager’s Best Friend
    by Monte Burch

 

  • Chainsaws: A Cornerstone Tool for QDM
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Chronic Wasting Disease (December 2006)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Clover 101
    by Kent Kammermeyer

 

  • Create Living Thicket Cover by Half-Cutting
    by Jeff Jackson

 

  • Deer Data Collection—Part I: Harvest Data
    by Robert N. Smith

 

  • Deer Density vs. Sightability (February 2005)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Deer Harvest Trends – 2008
    by Kip Adams, QDMA

 

  • Deer Management Strategies (November 2004)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Deer-Vehicle Collisions (December 2007)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Defensive Food Plotting
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr., QDMA

 

  • Detecting the Rut Peak
    by By Kip Adams, QDMA Director of Education & Outreach, northern U.S.

 

  • Diversify Your Whitetail Woods: Tree Plantings for Deer (PDF)
    by John T. Buck

 

  • Do Brain Abscesses Hinder QDM Programs?
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Doe Lactation Rates: Useful Data That’s Easy to Collect
    by Kip Adams, QDMA Director of Education & Outreach, North

 

  • Don’t Procrastinate With Doe Harvest Goals
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Early Antlerless Seasons (December 2002)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Elevational Food Plots
    by Mark Thomas

 

  • Food Plot Primer
    by Craig Harper and Kent Kammermeyer

 

  • Food Plots (March 2004)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Habitat Management (February 2008)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Hard Mast Management
    by Derek Dougherty

 

  • Have You Switched On Your QDM Sonar?
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Hemorrhagic Disease (September 2007)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Hemorrhagic Disease in Whitetails
    by David Osborn

 

  • Hemorrhagic Disease… What Next?
    by Dr. John Fischer

 

  • How Do Deer “Talk?” (PDF)
    by Larry Marchinton, Karl Miller and Tom Atkeson

 

  • How Many Antlerless Deer Should I Harvest?
    by Kip Adams

 

  • How Many Cornerstones Does it Take to Equal QDM?
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Hunter Stats (September 2008)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Hunting Club Liability: Are You Covered? (PDF)
    by Dr. Ed Wilson

 

  • Increase Your Sprayer I.Q.
    by Brad Mormann and Dr. Grant Woods

 

  • Infrared Camera Census of White-Tailed Deer (PDF)
    by Dr. Harry Jacobson and James Kroll

 

  • Intensively Managed Pine Plantations — Barren Wastelands or Potential Deer Habitat?
    by Scott Edwards, Steve Demarais, and Andy Ezell

 

  • Interpreting Deer Harvest Data (PDF)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Is Culling Necessary? (October 2006)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Is Late Rutting Activity an Indicator of Problems?
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Living With Blank Buck Tags
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Making the Call: Field-Judging Skills
    by Grant Woods, Bryan Kinkel and Robert Bennett

 

  • Making the Shot
    by Walter Stroman and SFC Kyle Ward

 

  • Managing Native Vegetation for White–tailed Deer
    by John Johnson

 

  • Mineral Supplementation—Necessity or Never Mind?
    by Brad Howard and Brian Murphy

 

  • Mis-Management Bucks
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • October’s Balance
    by Dave Guynn – Clemson University

 

  • Oldest vs. Largest Does (September 2005)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Over the Limit?
    by John Donoughe and Mike Wolf

 

  • Paradise: Construction Continues
    by Dr. Mickey Hellickson

 

  • Paradise: Construction Continues on a Budget
    by Dr. Mickey Hellickson

 

  • Plugging the Lowest Hole in the Bucket
    by Grant R. Woods and Bryan Kinkel

 

  • Protecting Yearling Bucks (February 2006)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • QDM and Coyotes
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Quality Deer Management Association Position Statement on Herd Elimination as a CWD Control Strategy
    by QDMA

 

  • Quality People Management
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Quality Vegetation Management
    by Scott Edwards, Dr. Steve Demarais & Bronson Strickland

 

  • Quality Warm-Season Forage Plots
    by Craig Harper, Ph.D., Ryan Basinger, and John Gruchy

 

  • REACH Program (June 2006)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Realistic Goals Will Keep the Fun in QDM
    by Lindsay Thomas Jr.

 

  • Rural Economies and QDM (June 2005)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Scouting After the Harvest
    by Dave Edwards Jr.

 

  • Seasonal Metabolic Rates (June 2003)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Seven Steps to a Successful Cooperative
    by Donnie Wood

 

  • Shedding Light on Southern Timber Management (PDF)
    by Derek Dougherty

 

  • Spikes and the Antler Equation
    by Ben Koerth and Dr. James Kroll

 

  • Strategic Food Plot Placement Equals Harvest Success
    by Neil Dougherty

 

  • Suburban QDM (March 2007)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • Summer Nutrition
    by Kip Adams

 

  • The “Modern” Deer Hunter (June 2007)
    by Kip Adams

 

  • The Science Behind Sheds
    by Dr. Mickey Hellickson

 

  • Tracking Breeding Dates Through Fetal Aging
    by Joe Hamilton

 

  • What do Deer See?
    by By Brian Murphy

 

  • What is Carrying Capacity?
    by By Kip Adams, QDMA Director of Education & Outreach, northern U.S.

 

  • What is TSI?
    by Matt Ross

 

  • What We Know About Scrapes
    by Kip Adams, QDMA

 

  • When Bucks Don’t Shed Their Velvet
    by Joe Hamilton, QDMA Director of Education & Outreach, South

 

  • Whitetail Science – Minerals
    by Brian Murphy

 

  • Whitetail Science – Rut
    by Brian Murphy

 

  • Whitetail Science – Sheds
    by Brian Murphy

 

  • Why Are Deeryards Important?
    by Kip Adams, QDMA Director of Education & Outreach, North

 

  • Why are the Young Bucks Leaving?
    by Jonathan Shaw, Richard Lancia, Mark Conner, and Christopher Rosenberry

 

  • Will Dominant Bucks Dominate the Breeding?
    by Kip Adams, QDMA Director of Education & Outreach, North

 

  • Winter’s Impact on Developing Fawns
    by Kip Adams, QDMA Director of Education & Outreach

 

  • Young Hunters: Whose Rules Should They Follow
    by Grant Woods and Bryan Kinkel

 

  • Youth Hunter Recruitment (December 2005)
    by Kip Adams

These articles were taken directly from previous issues of Quality Whitetails, the bi-monthly journal of the QDMA. The $30 annual membership to QDMA includes a subscription to this acclaimed publication. For information on joining QDMA, click here.

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