Question: I am not a whitetail hunter, but I just love to feed the deer in my greenspace neighborhood. I have a battery operated feeder and have been feeding them deer corn and was told this is not as healthy as soybeans. Is this true and will soybeans work in my feeder? Answer: First, let [...]
Question: I am on a 2,000 acre property in Eastern Oklahoma with several other guys that we lease for white-tailed deer hunting. We have started doing deer surveys to estimate the number of deer on the land, but we are not sure how we should go about managing the bucks on the property? Any suggestions? [...]
Question: I have some property that I’ve been managing for wildlife for several years, but I’m not sure that I’m making any headway. I’d like to have more deer, larger bucks, and generally better whitetail hunting, but I don’t seem to be seeing any results. I’ve been thinking about getting another opinion, as in contacting [...]
Question: Hello, my 11 year old son is in the 6th grade and he is wanting to do a science fair project on the stages of white-tailed deer antler development. Would you happen to have any pamphlets or pictures you could send him in the mail? We would like to display them his project. Any [...]
Question: I have a piebald whitetail doe in my area. When she mates, will she have piebald fawns? I have talked some hunters, but no one seems to know for sure. What do you think her chances are of having more spotted deer? Answer: Genes are funny things and they can recombine during conception to [...]
Question: I am trying to improve my whitetail deer herd for better whitetail hunting. To accomplish this goak, I’ve started feeding protein to additional nutrition to the local deer herd. What do you think about using Record Rack protein pellets because it’s the one I’ve been feeding? Answer: Record Rack is fine choice for adding [...]
Although whitetail deer can live to be older in captivity, they can also live a relatively long time in the wild. The longest living wild whitetail that I have heard about was almost 16 years old! Whitetail are primarily born in late May and early June. Therefore, when most deer are harvested in November they [...]
If you plan on attending the upcoming meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group and would like to submit an abstract, the following are guidelines for submitting an abstract for presentation at the 33rd Annual Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting. All persons seeking to make a presentation during the technical or poster session must submit [...]
