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The George Reserve Deer Herd

Dale R. McCullough

This classic was first published in 1979. In 1928, six white-tailed deer were introduced to the Edwin S. George Reserve, a two-square-mile fenced area in southeastern Michigan. Six years later, in 1933, the first drive census showed 160 deer. This remarkable growth of deer population became a landma...

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It was described as one of the foundational books on wildlife management, covering the reproductive capacity and population dynamics of white-tailed deer. It was a well-studied herd with a history of good management. McCullough also did research in Australia on kangaroos.

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And so I was out there doing winter kill surveys and seeing, we would find 30 to 50 winter kill deer per year inside this research reserve because there's no predation.

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It was described as one of the foundational books on wildlife management, covering the reproductive capacity and population dynamics of white-tailed deer. It was a well-studied herd with a history of good management. McCullough also did research in Australia on kangaroos.

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And so I was out there doing winter kill surveys and seeing, we would find 30 to 50 winter kill deer per year inside this research reserve because there's no predation.

So there's another book for folks who really want to, if you're in the wildlife management realm and really want to get into it, look for Dale McCullough's book, The George Reserve Deer Herd, which is one of the foundational sort of wildlife management books on the reproductive capacity and population dynamics of white-tailed deer.

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