Demystify Deer With 9 More Scientific Insights from Whitetail Research

July 17, 2019

Looking back over themes from 42 annual meetings of the Southeast Deer Study Group reveals the evolving concerns of professional whitetail researchers over the last four decades of North American deer hunting. When the first meeting was held in 1977, goals still included restoring deer to a few last pockets of their former range. Quickly …

Run, Jump and Play: a Look at Deer Agility and Jollity

July 9, 2019

| By Matt Ross

Faster than a speeding bullet? More powerful than a locomotive? Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound? While it may seem to the average deer hunter that whitetails have supernatural abilities akin to our favorite comic book hero, deer do regularly use their speed and agility to navigate dangerous situations; like escaping from …

This Strange Buck Was a Throwback to Extinct Whitetail Ancestors

June 12, 2019

| By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Each one of us is the product of our ancestors, and more recent relatives have the greatest influence on who we are. But sometimes, through the weird acoustics of the sprawling genetic cave from which we crawled, an echo reverberates up from the depths to be heard more clearly than it should by those of …

10 Weird Whitetails Join The Freak Deer Collection

April 17, 2019

| By Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Because our messages and mission are founded on proven science, QDMA has built a reputation over 31 years for knowledge and credibility – which means, among other things, that our members turn to us when they encounter something they can’t explain. We could almost staff a full-time Department of Mysteries just to respond to queries …

The Seneca White Deer Herd

April 3, 2019

| By Tim Russell

One of the most interesting things about whitetails is the great variety in their appearance. Regional differences in size and anatomy, the seemingly limitless variations in antler characteristics and occasional abnormalities like vestigial ivory teeth have long fueled fascinating conversations around deer camp. Recently, I had the opportunity to check out a herd of deer …

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