Quality Whitetails: The why and how of Quality Deer ManagementStackpole Books, 1995 - 322 páginas 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. |
Dentro del libro
Página 258
Alcanzaste el límite de visualización de este libro.
Alcanzaste el límite de visualización de este libro.
Página 272
Alcanzaste el límite de visualización de este libro.
Alcanzaste el límite de visualización de este libro.
Página 307
Alcanzaste el límite de visualización de este libro.
Alcanzaste el límite de visualización de este libro.
Contenido
| 5 | |
| 19 | |
| 47 | |
Common Misconceptions | 58 |
Evaluating the Plan | 66 |
PART II | 79 |
Age and Quality Relationships 103 | 105 |
The Spike Question | 112 |
Mineral Supplementation for Antler Production | 155 |
Genetics | 169 |
PART III | 191 |
The NorthCentral States | 210 |
The Northeast | 238 |
A Proud Tradition | 253 |
Stories around the Firepot | 274 |
Ethics for the Future | 292 |
Deer Sociobiology | 118 |
Habitat Management and Supplemental Feeding | 129 |
About the Authors | 300 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Quality Whitetails: The Why and How of Quality Deer Management R. Larry Marchinton,Karl V. Miller Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Quality Whitetails: The why and how of Quality Deer Management Karl V. Miller,R. Larry Marchinton Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Términos y frases comunes
acre adult bucks age class ALDO LEOPOLD animals annual antler development antler growth antler quality antlered bucks antlerless deer antlerless harvest areas average behavior body weights Boone and Crockett breeding season buck harvest button bucks calcium carrying capacity Caton clover conifer Davis Island deer density deer herd deer hunters deer hunting deer populations diet doe harvest effects factors fawns females Florida food plots forage forest genetic Georgia goals hardwood high-quality Hunting Club important improve increase Jacobson JOE HAMILTON lactation ladino land landowners males management program Marchinton mast mature bucks maximum sustained yield ment mineral Mississippi northern number of deer nutrition older bucks percent phosphorus plants poor habitats poor range population density produce quality deer management quality management rates regions reproductive Seton sex ratio sodium South Carolina Southeast southern species spikes square mile survival Texas tion white-tailed deer winter yearling bucks young bucks
Pasajes populares
Página 47 - A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.
Página 267 - Oh, beautiful creature! One of our wise men has said, the body is the soul made visible; is your spirit then so beautiful — as beautiful as wise? We have long stood as foes, hunter and hunted, but now that is changed and we stand face to face, fellow-creatures looking in each other's eyes, not knowing each other's speech — but knowing motives and feelings.
Página 81 - This is true of mental as well as physical things. The trophy-hunter is the caveman reborn. Trophy-hunting is the prerogative of youth, racial or individual, and nothing to apologize for. The disquieting thing in the modern picture is the trophy-hunter who never grows up, in whom the capacity for isolation, perception, and husbandry is undeveloped, or perhaps lost.
Página 256 - Mark! How they file adown the rocky pass,Bright creatures, fleet, and beautiful, and free,With winged, bounds that spurn the unshaken grass, And swanlike necks sublime, - their eloquent eyes Instinct with liberty, - their antlered crests, In clear relief against the glowing sky, Haught and majestic! The autumnal morning was yet dark as midnight, when Dolph Pierson, arising from his bearskin, awoke Harry, who ere long had the whole house afoot and stirring.
Página 169 - To the natural philosopher, the descriptive poet, the painter, and the sculptor, as well as to the common observer, the. power most important to cultivate, and, at the same time, hardest to acquire, is that of seeing what is before him.
Página 312 - Ozoga, JJ, and l..J. Verme. 1982. Physical and reproductive characteristics of a supplementally-fed white-tailed deer herd.
Página 300 - Baumgardt 1973 Dry matter and energy intake in relation to digestibility in white-tailed deer. J. Wildl. Manage.