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Contents: I Like My Eggs Turned Over (Nothing will break a pampered boy quite like the baptismal effects experienced during his first year at deer camp); Deer Management Sharpshooters vs. Deer Hunters (When it comes to thinning urban deer herds, nonhunters can more easily justify so-called professional sharpshooters because they work at night and use silencers. How does this bode for deer hunting as we know it?); Deer Hunting’s Greatest Generation (Thanks to those who shaped deer hunting from 1945 to 1985, the desire and drive to pursue America’s greatest game animal has never been greater); Deer Research Is It Possible To Kill To Many Does? (A D&DH exclusive! Using antlerless deer tags on prime-age does is generally desirable no matter where you hunt. However, researchers have found that excessive doe harvests can cause adverse biological consequences in some areas. Here’s the science behind a complicated issue); How To Make A Deer Club Work (Everything’s better when we share – especially when it comes to creating a successful deer club, camp or lease consortium. The author reveals the To 7 ingredients to make it work for you and your deer hunting situation); Muzzleloading’s 6 Biggest Mysteries (Here are the answers to the questions you’ve always wanted to ask a muzzleloading expert); Clash Of The Titans (A stunning photo essay! See the fury displayed by two rutting Wyoming bucks one frosty November morning); Bow-Hunting’s Last-Minute Bucks (One of North America’s top whitetail bow-hunters reveals his tactics for outsmarting wary bucks during late-season archery hunts); Lessons In Bone: Confessions Of A Shed Hunter (Our managing editor explains how late-winter and spring shed-hunting excursions can reveal invaluable insights into deer behavior); Deer Behavior Big Bucks Die Hard (Even when mortally wounded, mature bucks seemingly run greater distances than younger deer before succumbing. The author explains why big bucks are hard-wired to survive, and he provides expert tips on trailing monster bucks); Peeling The Velvet (This sequence of scouting-camera photos might be the best we’ve seen – considering what happened over the course of just a few hours); Bizarre Tumor Doesn’t Phase Doe (Learn how an Illinois white-tailed doe is carrying on “business as usual” despite suffering from a weird malady); Daughter Camp (If he was your dad, you would know how to cast a fishing lure, drive a snowmobile and root for the Minnesota Vikings. You would also know how to sit quietly in a frozen deer stand) Departments – Editor’s Stump; Reader’s Recoil; Candid Whitetails; Rue’s Views; Quality Deer; Buck Shots; Whitetail Archery
Issue: January 2007
Condition: Very Good