Field Notes

The Complete Guide to EHD in Whitetail Deer
The Complete Guide to EHD in Whitetail Deer
Why Does EHD Seem So Much Worse Today? Every year, usually during late summer, the reports begin. Someone found a dead deer beside a pond. Another turns up near a... Read more...
The Modern Hunter’s Greatest Obstacle
The Modern Hunter’s Greatest Obstacle
I’ve been reading The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt, trying to recapture an image of hunting across the Western Frontier in the late 1800s. Roosevelt describes the American West as... Read more...
Nocturnal Spatial and Behavioral Interactions Among Coyotes, White-tailed Deer Fawns, and Mature Male Deer in Southern Missouri
Nocturnal Spatial and Behavioral Interactions Among Coyotes, White-tailed Deer Fawns, and Mature Male Deer in Southern Missouri
Preliminary Observations Using Thermal Aerial Surveillance   Derrick DixonWhitetail ResearchSouthern Missouri, USA Abstract Direct observation of interactions between coyotes (Canis latrans) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is difficult, particularly at... Read more...
A Buck, A Sleeping Coyote, and a Hidden Fawn
A Buck, A Sleeping Coyote, and a Hidden Fawn
Coyotes are mysterious creatures. They're masters of moving unseen, slipping through the landscape under the cover of darkness, watching far more than they're ever watched. Most people don't even realize... Read more...