1.) luv2bowhunt - 10/20/2015

I have been enjoying keeping up with the deer study being done by Penn State Univ.

If you want to see how a particular buck can move around on public land check out the story.


[url]http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2015/the-life-and-times-of-buck-8917[/url]

2.) bluecat - 10/20/2015

That was pretty interesting.

3.) Jon - 10/20/2015

That was awesome, thanks for sharing goober. See, there are a few deer in Pa but they either get hit by cars or shot while they are 1.5yrs old.....

4.) Swamp Fox - 10/20/2015

Kewl!

:tu:

5.) billy b - 10/21/2015

Those clips are amazing, what do you think happened on the last one, his movements were completely different than the other clips, lots of back & forth long trips. I guess the rut got him down , he rested for several days in Dec. then the long trip. That tracking is very interesting, I wish out wardend would do something like that around my area of Tx. Thanks Gerry.

6.) luv2bowhunt - 10/21/2015

Why would he go back to that one spot he was at 1 1/2 yrs before to die? He could have been wounded in the late flintlock season I guess, it runs after Christmas until the second Sat. in Jan.

7.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

[I]Who Really Nos All This Stuff Anyway?[/I]

by Swamp Fox


[I]Even a buck with transmitter history

In our minds remains woodland mystery,

Which just goes to show

How little we know,

And for hunters it's even more twistery.
[/I]

8.) Wild Bob - 10/21/2015

Interesting, thanks for sharing the study Luv2. :tu:

9.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

I noticed in the comments section Bill Winke echoes the musing of a previous commenter about whether that might have been the last place that buck saw its mother.


Is there any evidence that bucks imprint on their mothers or even the area they grew up in like that, after they're dispersed? I wouldn't doubt they can recognize their mothers should they run into them again, but is there any reason why somebody like Winke would entertain the idea...beyond that it's a spooky and intriguing thought?

10.) luv2bowhunt - 10/21/2015

I thought someone would mention this comment "In a previous post we showed that on a population level the rut does not change from year to year. And the moon has no effect on the timing."

They showed their study results in 2014 that the moon had no effect on the rut based on conception dates. I'm sure weather has more effect on what hunters see during the rut than the moon does.

11.) billy b - 10/21/2015

Who nos all this stuf?

12.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

My theory is that you might not expect to see all of the rut activity you want to on days during a bright moon period, but only because everything's happening at night--or nearly everything. Beyond that, though, I agree with you.

13.) Bob Peck - 10/21/2015

Wow. Useful and interesting content on HC?! Thanks for the post Luv2. It made my day! :grin:

14.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

Hey, I know this is random, as the kids say, but I was bopping around on the internet and stumbled upon some other places people can find--or leave--useful and interesting content:


[url]http://forums.huntingcountry.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?4-Big-Game-General[/url]

[url]http://forums.huntingcountry.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?6-Turkey-Hunting[/url]

[url]http://forums.huntingcountry.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?43-After-the-Hunt-Recipes-Cooking[/url]

[url]http://forums.huntingcountry.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?9-Archery-amp-Bowhunting[/url]

[url]http://forums.huntingcountry.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?16-Firearms[/url]

[url]http://forums.huntingcountry.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?44-Fishing-Chat[/url]


:fire:



I know it's not an exhaustive list, but I don't have time to summarize all the good opportunities out there...



:wink

15.) bluecat - 10/21/2015

:tu:

There is useful and interesting stuff posted all the time here. We also like to have fun while doing it.

16.) Wild Bob - 10/21/2015

I agree with Swampy and Blue, especially the part about having fun while doing it.

It's all relevant.

Along those lines, come to think it...I [I][U]did [/U][/I]have a smile on my face last night after the lights went out in my bedroom. (In reference to having fun while doing it.) :-)

17.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

Now, there's an example of something that might not be useful, but it IS interesting....LOL

18.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

[I]Speaking of Content[/I]

by Swamp Fox


[I]While surfing I doubt it's just me:

If you leave here to get up and pee,

There's not much you'll miss

While taking a piss,

But have you seen what goes on at AT?
[/I]

19.) bluecat - 10/21/2015

[QUOTE=Wild Bob;35564]I agree with Swampy and Blue, especially the part about having fun while doing it.

It's all relevant.

Along those lines, come to think it...I [I][U]did [/U][/I]have a smile on my face last night after the lights went out in my bedroom. (In reference to having fun while doing it.) :-)[/QUOTE]

Wife on vacation?

20.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

LOL...


I'd like to see if they have any other deer that visited that same area at the same time. I think I read that they haven't had (any?) mortality in collared deer other than this buck, so the death puzzle is not going to get solved, but a random, unrepeated mile-long trek in June for half a day is intriguing on its own.

21.) luv2bowhunt - 10/21/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35571]I think I read that they haven't had (any?) mortality in collared deer other than this buck, so the death puzzle is not going to get solved,[/QUOTE]

Where did you read that? They have had many, many deer killed that are wearing these collars. Just one last Sat., they got a mortality signal at 1:30 PM on a buck and sent someone out to track it down. Collar had been unbolted and removed and placed around a dead limb. It was 2 1/2 yrs old and they assumed a hunter legally killed it and didn't know what to do with the collar. He didn't leave it near a gut pile or anything but placed it in the middle of an overgrown clearcut.

50% of their radio collared fawns have died so far this year. They get lots of dead deer, just not as many from hunters as you might think.

22.) bluecat - 10/21/2015

They should have taken a metal detector to the carcass. You never know.

23.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;35574]Where did you read that? They have had many, many deer killed that are wearing these collars. Just one last Sat., they got a mortality signal at 1:30 PM on a buck and sent someone out to track it down. Collar had been unbolted and removed and placed around a dead limb. It was 2 1/2 yrs old and they assumed a hunter legally killed it and didn't know what to do with the collar. He didn't leave it near a gut pile or anything but placed it in the middle of an overgrown clearcut.

50% of their radio collared fawns have died so far this year. They get lots of dead deer, just not as many from hunters as you might think.[/QUOTE]



[I]
"Not yet, but then not a lot of our bucks have died!"[/I]


From the researcher in the Comments section, about half-way down.

24.) Wild Bob - 10/21/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;35568]Wife on vacation?[/QUOTE]

Hahahaha!

No way man, if it hadn't been for her doing her part...I wouldn't have been smiling! :cool:

Now, let's stay on topic shall we...

25.) Swamp Fox - 10/21/2015

You know you ran Luv2 off, don't you, you big podunker you!


:wink


:wave:

26.) luv2bowhunt - 10/22/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35578][I]
"Not yet, but then not a lot of our bucks have died!"[/I]


From the researcher in the Comments section, about half-way down.[/QUOTE]

OK, that's different than what you said. Lots of deer have died but not too many buck.

27.) Swamp Fox - 10/22/2015

Right. "It's a fair cop."

I plead my use of "I think I read" and the parenthetical "any?" as indications I was not making an attempt to be precise, and could be skeptical.

I should have gone back and re-read and then phrased better, but then again, No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

28.) bluecat - 10/22/2015

nobody expects the spanish inquisition, in fact those who do...

29.) Swamp Fox - 10/22/2015

Must...resist......off....topic.....limerick....

aaa
aaa

aaaaaargh......

30.) Swamp Fox - 10/22/2015

^^^^^^

Failed attempt to cascade text over the Gorge of Eternal Peril....

31.) bluecat - 10/22/2015

Stay strong Swampy. What step are you on with the 12-step Limericks Anonymous Program?

32.) Swamp Fox - 10/22/2015

I burned down the meeting hall...It was a mistake...I'm sorry it confused people...I take full responsibility with no consequences...

But I don't think I can quit limericks until I hit rock bottom...

33.) bluecat - 10/22/2015

Generally one doesn't go cold turkey.

Once you get to step 6 (ballads) and step 7 (free-verse) the success rate is on your side.

34.) bluecat - 10/22/2015

You might want to choose your friends wisely. If one of them breaks out a limerick (There once was a democrat from nantucket), you might fall off the wagon.

35.) bluecat - 10/22/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35597]I burned down the meeting hall...It was a mistake...I'm sorry it confused people...I take full responsibility with no consequences...

But I don't think I can quit limericks until I hit rock bottom...[/QUOTE]

I've seen them on the roadsides. It's sad. Homeless, shunned groups of people shouting limericks back and forth across the ruins and cardboard boxes.

36.) Swamp Fox - 10/22/2015

I can only deal with one addiction at a time...Right now I'm focused on checking Hunting Country every few minutes for useful and interesting content...It's worse than crack....:wink

37.) bluecat - 10/22/2015

The whole thing escalated with the "dead poets matter" group that really created a lot of tension with the young entitled poetry majors.

38.) bluecat - 10/22/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35601]I can only deal with one addiction at a time...Right now I'm focused on checking Hunting Country every few minutes for useful and interesting content...It's worse than crack....:wink[/QUOTE]

Good luck!

Probably the best thing to do, is when you do find a post you like and it is strictly a topic you like, make a derogatory comment about the website and the posters. :wink

39.) Bob Peck - 10/22/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;35563]There is useful and interesting stuff posted all the time here. We also like to have fun while doing it.[/QUOTE]

“If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.”
― Albert Einstein

40.) Wild Bob - 10/22/2015

[QUOTE=Bob Peck;35611]“If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity.”
― Albert Einstein[/QUOTE]

Well, IMHO, I'd like to think that this is the difference bewteen HC and many of the other miserable sites...at least here, we can agree to disagree and not all stomp off mad or resort to constantly kicking each other in shins.

41.) crookedeye - 10/22/2015

the dury brothers don't care how many bucks die with researches... they just no when they hit the woods..mark, ted and tim.. something big going to die..

42.) Swamp Fox - 10/22/2015

[QUOTE=Wild Bob;35613]Well, IMHO, I'd like to think that this is the difference bewteen HC and many of the other miserable sites...at least here, we can agree to disagree and not all stomp off mad or resort to constantly kicking each other in shins.[/QUOTE]


"You're not from around here, are you?"


LOL


:beer:

43.) Wild Bob - 10/23/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35626]"You're not from around here, are you?"


LOL


:beer:[/QUOTE]


“It is difficult to demand change in our world, when we demand no change in ourselves.”
- Terry Crouson

:-) I learn something new every day...

Ok' Ill shut up now.

44.) Swamp Fox - 10/23/2015

I'm just sayin' we've had our moments. :wink


I kinda miss those days...[sigh].....LOL