Radio tracking deer studies

magicman54494 · 06-23-2008, 11:36 PM

I have often heard about deer being studied by radio tracking. I have seen a few articles written in mags. recapping the results. I have been unable to find info on the actual studies. Are these studies ever made public? where can I find them?

peakrut · 06-24-2008, 02:55 AM

http://www.deerchannel.com/camera on a deer best I can do right now for ya pal.

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Wingbone · 06-24-2008, 04:31 AM

I googled "radio telemetry deer" and got references to quite a few studies by game commissions and universities.

janesburg · 06-24-2008, 04:39 AM

Try this link.

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/ag/issues/fmd/mathews_CWD_FINAL.pdf

I found it when I got alot of pictures of this guy last year.

Edcyclopedia · 06-24-2008, 05:34 AM

The new field and stream mag. had an article on deer stuff (sight, hearing, etc.) and in the article they where using collared deer, etc.
Try googling some of the magazines or colleges that get grant money etc..

early in · 06-24-2008, 05:42 AM

I believe Penn State University does quite a bit of this tracking for the Pa Game Commision.

GMMAT · 06-24-2008, 05:45 AM

MM:

D&DH did an article on this very thing a few months back. They chronicled buck movement to determine how far they traveled in a given time period.

They used (I think) 5 areas of the country.....and monitored different age class deer to come to their findings. It seems the older a deer gets.....the smaller his core area becomes. It was also interesting to note that a mature buck's core area shifts from year to year....if only by a few hundred yards.

The disparity in "home ranges" of a 2.5yr old v. a 4.5yr old and older was astounding. It's no wonder (in my eyes) more juveniles get killed (ASIDE form the fact that, on the surface, we all know there's more of them). What "I" took from the study is......unless you have access to a really mature buck's home range/core area......your chances of killing him are VERY low (this sounds like a no brainer.....but if you think he's gonna travel a great distance....you're probably mistaken. Their home range/core areas are REALLY small in some instances). They can hide out in some REALLY small tracts. You may have one on a tract you're hunting....and be overlooking the area he's utilizing.

We're talking about areas of LESS than 40 acres in many cases (for a mature buck's CORE area).

early in · 06-24-2008, 05:53 AM

That backs up the concept of a dominant buckhaving his primary scrapes near his core area. Hence less travel.

GMMAT · 06-24-2008, 05:58 AM

It's just a theory of mine, EI....but where "I" hunt.....there's NO REASON for a mature buck to travel very far, at all. He has more does than he can possibly service in his core, here.

So....if you're not lucky enough to have access to his core.....you're SOL. You either have to hope another moves in to take the one you took's place (a juvenile from another area.....which is entirely possible/likely).....OR....wait for the juveniles, there, to age up.....and hope they make that area THEIR home range/core.

The theory of bucks traveling great distances (mature bucks) in areas of high deer density......IMO is not a valid approach. They have NO need to travel, here.

I honestly feel there are slammers who live and die in the parks system adjacent to my hunting lands (230+ acres + adjoining farms that don't allow hunting......comprising +/- 1 sq mi.).....that are never seen by humans.

early in · 06-24-2008, 06:13 AM

I totally agree. I think this could bethe reason why Isee VERY FEW really good bucks where I hunt. They just don't need to wander around because there are so many doe in the area. Hell, they don't even need to leave "my" beautifulthicket,except to feed and drink at night. The doe are in there heavy. I love this pic!