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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.
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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Episode: Ep. 558: An Aldo Leopold Blowout Extravaganza
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.
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.