White-tailed deer

November. I had woken up extra early just to make sure I could make it out to my stand before the sun would peek above the horizon. I’m not much of a morning person, so waking up can be a difficult challenge for me. Since it was just my first year of deer hunting, my dad had agreed to sit out in the stand with me just incase any trouble came about. I quickly brushed my teeth, got dressed in blaze orange from head to toe, grabbed some snacks, and began the journey out to the stand where I would…

If, like me, you are fortunate enough to be able to hunt quality public land for whitetail deer throughout the Midwest and other areas throughout the country, you know the excitement and thrill that it can provide. I’m sure you are questioning my choice of words for the opening statement. I assure you I meant what I said. “Fortunate” and “public land” do not find themselves in the same sentence very often. Public land gets a bad rap, sometimes it is deserved and other times it certainly is…

would get our means of surviving from deer and dry food. Hunting for the deer gave us great practice; they’re smaller targets, and nippy runners.…

Reef Island looked at the effect of Sitka-black tailed deer on the Sitka spruce tree. The study found that while the deer do like to browse the younger spruce seedlings, once the apex of the tree exceeds 1.2 m in height, the tree is able to escape the deer (Vila, Torre, Guibal & Martin, 2003a). However, in the presence of deer it takes 13 – 18 years for the young spruce to reach the necessary height, this is significantly longer than in areas without deer, where it takes only 5 years (Vila et…

Ascham Analysis The observations of the sixteenth century scholar Roger Ascham examine the strangeness of winds that Ascham was able to observe through a snowfall. The purpose behind Toxophilus, the book in which this appears in is archery, which was a very important subject back in the ages of hunting for food. Ascham likely wrote about this experience in the snow to examine the intricacies of wind and how it can affect arrow accuracy, because arrow accuracy could’ve meant the difference…

The Inevitable As a young girl, I was fearless. I could run marathons, climbed trees as big as skyscrapers, and deer hunted with the guys in the dark woods without fear but what almost defeated me was not my two older sisters or breaking a limb being a “tomboy,” what almost defeated me was a simple strawberry. When I was young, strawberries were one of my favorite snacks. After all, who could resist munching on delicious, bright-red strawberries? I once took on great four-legged beast. I was…

dangers considering all other sports. Therefore, participation is this adventurous, exciting and thrilling sport requires a range of safety precautions. These precautions are not just for the hunter’s safety but for nearby hunters as well. May it be deer, coon, fowl or moose hunting - an attitude of precautions and safety saves many lives. So, if you want to follow some safety tips to help create better hunting experience for…

For millennia, humans and animals alike have hunted for prey animals. However, with the recent advances in the world, hunting is not necessary. Domesticated animals such as cows and pigs are herded to supply the populous with a sustainable meat supply. Hunting still remains, and so do domesticated slaughterhouses, so which is more ethical? Hunting, although seeming less ethical, is actually better than slaughterhouses, as the hunter chooses how he kills the animal, and gets closer to nature, and…

There are many creatures that live in this forest. There are the Rabbits and the Foxes and the Squirrels. This forest was just like any other forest, where the Foxes hunted the Rabbits and the Squirrels. But what happens when the prey get tired, and decide to change the system? The Rabbits and Squirrels have been hunted by the Foxes and other predators for as long as they remember, and two of them have finally decided to do something about it. “Just last night I got ambushed by the Fox and I…

There are various sides and opinions on animal cruelty, and they all vary according to the type of animal cruelty being done. In the article Is Hunting a Form of Cruelty for Animals? Dawn Laney, of the Greenhaven press illustrates the controversy on animal hunting after it was reported in the 2005 Washington post, that a young girl shot the first bear of the Maryland Bear Hunting season. In the eighth edition of Elements of Moral Philosophy, the authors Stuart and James Rachel in chapter 7.4,…