No doubt, the best way to feed deer is with a chainsaw, lopers, or any brush cutting tool. Felling trees in late winter will not only feed whitetails best, but give them bedding cover too.
Oneonta’s Deer Management Task Force has a new campaign discouraging residents from feeding the deer, which has negative consequences for both the animals and the community. Deer have adapted to ...
Feeding specialization include a four-part stomach containing bacteria and protozoans ... and travel up to 12 miles to reach traditional winter ranges (deer yards) that offer continuous coniferous ...
Yost worked as a biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife for years, and every year, he’d hear about the problems caused by residents feeding deer. This was especially true in the winter ...
Fungi, fruit, and even carrion are other foods. Deer mice cache food, especially seeds, in holes in the ground, in tree cavities, and even in bird nests, storing up to 0.6 L (1 pt) in each location ...
Introducing new foods in the middle of winter, especially in high quantities all of a sudden, can actually be more harmful to deer than not feeding them at all.” ...