As the forest changes, the deer change their trails. If a big tree falls, the deer travel around it. They don’t usually go ...
Some years, the apparent rut was earlier, and others, it was later, no question. The activity levels of breeding deer are pretty obvious if one is out there in the woods every day, which I was ...
After the rut, an “abscission layer” forms ... After snow covers the ground, go to the woods, and walk the game trails to the deer bedding and feeding areas, and get a lot of information ...