Description
Contents: Bones Of Contention (Researchers generally agree that the size of a normal buck’s rack varies upon the animal’s age, his nutritional history and inherited traits. They argue vehemently amongst themselves, however, as to the relative importance of the various features), In The Moonlight(Does the lunar cycle affect deer movement? On no other question do deer hunters and deer biologists disagree vehemently), Till Deer Season Do You Part (If your wife wants to hunt deer, train her carefully, teach her well and you may gain a lifelong hunting partner), The Ethics Of Pursuit (Pursuit must always take precedence over killing or we simply destroy the important meanings and values essential to the activity), After Your Trophy Is Down (The proper care of a deer head starts in the field, not in a taxidermist’s studio), Crabapples And Monkey Balls (The increase in human pressure during the firearms season often causes deer to seek the thickest cover available in their home range), Trial For The King Of Green Mountain (Each and every year, deer are stolen. Perhaps we should develop a better set of rules for conduct and ethics), Hard Hunting (If you yearn for the chance to test your hunting ability, you should consider hunting with a muzzleloader), Hunter Bias: Survey Results (Bow hunters, as a group, are more willing to harvest a fawn than are rifle hunters), Deer & Deer Hunting: The First Decade (A brief review of this magazine’s first ten years), Managing Deer On Your Property (For a landowner with a small tract of land, the easier aspect of deer management is habitat manipulation as opposed to population manipulation), Deer Hunting On The Au Sable (A saggilng meat pole and an American flag frequently charactized the deer camps along the banks of the Au Sable), How Much Do Antlers Shrink? (Whenever the deer hunter shoots a large white-tailed buck, a tape, pad and pencil soon emerge, as does the inevitable question: how much do antlers shrink after harvest?), Climbing For Whitetails (Canopy cover, shooting lanes and arrow trajectory are important factors to consider when you scout and choose a tree for climbing), Rue’s Views (A noted naturalist and wildlife photographer answers questions frequently asked about deer), A Sense Of Order (It is good to feel this kind of tiredness, the fatigue of the body rather than of the mind, after a day of deer hunting)
Issue: October 1987
Condition: Very Good