Download or read book Effects of Population Reduction Through Increased Antlerless Harvest on White tailed Deer Quality in Alabama written by Neil Alan Waer and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quality Whitetails written by Karl V. Miller and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Quality Whitetails", Drs. Karl V. Miller and R. Larry Marchinton have assembled the expertise of some of the most knowledgeable white-tailed deer biologists across North America. These authorities provide in-depth explanations of deer population biology and genetics and discuss various effective management methods, including harvest strategies, habitat maintenance, regional issues, and feeding and mineral supplementation for antler production. Designed to help both sportsmen and biologists preserve their natural resources, this guide offers direction for maintaining robust deer populations that are in balance with their environment. -- From product description.
Download or read book Understanding Management and Landscape Influences on the Harvest of Male White tailed Deer Across a Large Geographic Region written by Rebecca Lynne Cain and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation relies on the active participation of citizen hunters to achieve management goals. One factor that motivates hunters to become active participants is an opportunity to harvest a mature white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with large antlers, especially the case for achievement-oriented wildlife recreationists. Variation in antler conformation and size among white-tailed deer is noticeable across landscapes. Moreover, when mapped, there is obvious spatial heterogeneity in the harvests of record deer (e.g., deer with large antlers that qualify for entry in the Boone and Crockett records) across the United States, with the majority of entries coming from the Midwestern region. This dissertation should engage the interests of wildlife biologists and researchers. Chapter 1 focuses on testing hypotheses about harvest outcomes for antler point restrictions in the state of Michigan. Chapter 2 evaluates spatially explicit trends in antler sizes of record deer across the Midwestern United States. Chapter 3 evaluates the degree to which management regulations influenced the harvest of record deer in the Midwest United States. Chapter 4 focuses on potential issues related to reporting bias and proposes an adaptation of N-mixture models to account for imperfect detection. Findings from this research include: 1) the importance of spatial context when evaluating trends in harvest data across a large geographic region; 2) antler point restrictions do indeed protect yearling males from harvest and advance the age structure of male harvest; 3) implementing antler point restrictions did not increase antlerless harvest or change the trajectory in hunter numbers; 4) antler sizes of record deer in the Midwest showed increasing trends; 5) harvests of record deer were greater in areas with management regulations that restricted the buck harvest; 6) more record deer were reported when at least 1 record deer was reported the previous year; 7) detection of harvests of record deer do not follow any spatial or temporal pattern.As interest in quality deer management and harvesting adult males with large antlers increases, it is important for wildlife managers and hunters to understand how regulations can influence harvests of record deer. My work offers insights into the relationships between management strategies and harvest outcomes. This research provides managers important information about factors affecting harvests of record deer, outcomes of management regulations, and inherent differences in record deer harvests and characteristics among ecoregions. Managers can draw on the insights gained from this dissertation research during the decision-making process when setting annual hunting regulations, as well as communicating reasonable expectations for deer populations to hunters and other interested stakeholder groups.
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biology and Management of White tailed Deer written by David G. Hewitt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Wildlife Society Outstanding Edited Book Award for 2013! Winner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Book Award for 2011! Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011! Biology and Management of White-tailed Deer organizes and presents information on the most studied large mammal species in the world. The book covers the evolutionary history of the species, its anatomy, physiology, and nutrition, population dynamics, and ecology across its vast range (from central Canada through northern South America). The book then discusses the history of management of white-tailed deer, beginning with early Native Americans and progressing through management by Europeans and examining population lows in the early 1900s, restocking efforts through the mid 1900s, and recent, overabundant populations that are becoming difficult to manage in many areas. Features: Co-published with the Quality Deer Management Association Compiles valuable information for white-tailed deer enthusiasts, managers, and biologists Written by an authoritative author team from diverse backgrounds Integrates white-tailed deer biology and management into a single volume Provides a thorough treatment of white-tailed deer antler biology Includes downloadable resources with color images The backbone of many state wildlife management agencies' policies and a featured hunting species through much of their range, white-tailed deer are an important species ecologically, socially, and scientifically in most areas of North America. Highly adaptable and now living in close proximity to humans in many areas, white-tailed deer are both the face of nature and the source of conflict with motorists, home-owners, and agricultural producers. Capturing the diverse aspects of white-tailed deer research, Biology and Management of White-tailed Deer is a reflection of the resources invested in the study of the species’ effects on ecosystems, predator-prey dynamics, population regulation, foraging behavior, and browser physiology.
Download or read book Estimating The Effects Of Changes In Harvest Management On White Tailed Deer Odocoileous Virginianus Populations written by Amanda Van Buskirk and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White-tailed deer (Odocoileous Virginianus) are considered a dominant and abundant species in forested landscapes in the eastern United States, and deer management, which often involves reducing deer densities, is crucial to keep populations in balance with their habitat. In Pennsylvania, state agencies such as the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry have implemented deer management programs that use hunter harvest to reduce deer densities in specific geographical areas in order to meet various land-use and human health objectives. We developed a spatially explicit, agent-based model to investigate the intensity of deer removal required to locally reduce deer density depending on the surrounding deer density, dispersal behavior, and size and shape of the area of localized reduction. Our model indicated that a localized reduction was successful for scenarios in which the surrounding deer density was lowest (30 deer/mi2), antlerless harvest rates were >= 30%, and the reduction area was 5 mi2 or larger. Based on the results from our model simulations, we evaluated the effectiveness of a deer management program at reducing deer densities on four forested study areas that meet the criteria for a successful localized deer density reduction. We developed a method to estimate deer density that combines a distance sampling technique with a resource selection model of deer distribution to estimate deer density on the study areas and determine if deer density reductions occurred. In addition, we used data collected from distance sampling surveys and global positioning system (GPS) locations of collared deer on a disease management area (DMA) in Pennsylvania to assess two types of resource selection models: resource selection functions modeled as second-order selection and step-selection functions. We wanted to evaluate if each method resulted in different inferences regarding deer density estimates over four survey periods. Based on our estimates of deer density for the four forested study sites, deer densities are being reduced or maintained on all study areas. For data from deer on the DMA, both resource selection functions and step-selection functions predicted that deer distribution varied temporally. Overall, our analyses provide insight into the factors that contribute to a successful localized deer density reduction, offer a method for estimating deer density that suggests that the Pennsylvania Game Commission is effectively reducing deer densities on certain areas, and indicate that both resource selection functions and step selection functions may be appropriate for identifying temporal variations in deer distributions.
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deer in Alabama written by Ralph H. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Size Estimation and Quality Management Techniques for a Local Population of White tailed Deer Odocoileus Virginianus written by Mark Earl Moore and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integration of Archery White tailed Deer Harvest Data Odocoileus Virginianus Into a Sex age kill Population Estimator written by Kimberly Marie Mattson Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Ecology and Management of White tailed Deer in the Choccolocco Wildlife Management Area Alabama written by William Hensley Adams and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Tailed Deer in Alabama written by Alabama. Department of Conservation and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deer Herd Population Modeling written by Thagard R. Colvin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Mineral Supplements on Growth and Antler Development of Alabama White tailed Deer written by M. K. Causey and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Producing Quality Whitetails written by Al Brothers and published by . This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management of Large Mammalian Carnivores in North America written by The Wildlife Society and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review addresses the current management of larger mammalian carnivores to increase, maintain, or reduce their numbers, while taking into account the population of certain ungulate prey and their relation to predators, social pressures and attitudes of the public towards predators, and the effects of sport hunting and trapping on carnivore population dynamics. This review considers brown bears "(Ursus arctos," black bears "(U. americanus)," coyotes "(Canis latrans)," wolves "(Canis lupus, C. lycaon)," and mountain lions "(Felis concolor." The appendix presents the results of a statistical analysis of trends discussed in this report.
Download or read book Alabama Conservation written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
