Ok, well next semester in the fall I may be doing an independent study within out department. In an independent study we have to propose a topic that we went to research and experiment with or write a paper on through out the semester. Being in the environmental science department, I obviously want to somehow relate my topic to deer and deer behavior. Giving that wildlife ecology and biology tend to overlap, I was wondering if you all could recommend some things that I could research for a semester long paper. Seeing as how it has to be a semester long, something as simple as "deer behavior during the rut" isn't going to cut it. I'll need something that hasn't been researched much or is new to the field.

Again, any and all suggestions are welcome. Perhaps if there's something you'd like to know post it as well and that could be tied into the paper.