Deer change where and how long they feed when they detect the scent of large predators, reducing damage to young trees.

New research shows that the mere smell of predators is enough to change deer behavior and limit browsing damage to tree saplings. The findings, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, offer a ...

Two years of GPS-tracking data were used by Mississippi State University Deer Lab researchers to determine if the moon ...

Hunters have been trying to understand how the moon affects animal behavior since cavemen etched pictographs on cave walls. Today, biologists acknowledge a link between the full moon and estrus cycles ...

A recently completed cooperative study between the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Auburn University, and Brosnan Forest will help researchers and hunters better understand buck movements ...

POWELL — A six-year study of more than 600 deer in Wisconsin may have found ways to improve management of fatal chronic wasting disease by studying hourly and daily group and individual movements and ...

New research shows that the mere smell of predators is enough to change deer behavior and limit browsing damage to tree saplings. The findings offer a ...

Hunters don’t need a team of researchers to tell us that making noise in the woods spooks game — we’ve known that for millennia. What we can’t always tell is how much racket wild critters will ...

The crunch of something stepping on dry leaves catches your ear. The noise stops for a minute, then resumes. You turn your head as slowly as possible so as to be imperceptible in movement. It’s autumn ...