All Things Deer -- 1 A Short History of Deer in
... North America 2 -- 2 A Message from Our Native Birds: Deer Hunters Needed 8 -- 3 Science of Chronic Wasting Disease and Its Relevance for Management of White-Tailed Deer 11 -- 4 Urban Deer: Hunting versus Birth Control 23 -- 5 It's Taken Centuries, but We Now Know Why Deer Don't Ask to Use Your Compass 28 -- 6 Why Are Medical Researchers Interested in Antlers? 31 -- 7 Isn't It Obvious Why Deer Have Antlers? 35 -- 8 A New Kind of (Un)Natural Selection on Deer Antlers: Hunting 39 -- 9 My Deer Doctor: Take Two Acorns and Call Me in the Morning 42 -- 10 Trying to Outfox Deer Ticks and Lyme Disease 47 -- 11 Deer and Their Subspecies: Fact or Fiction? 52 -- 12 Can Game Managers Control the Number of Deer? 56 -- 13 Mountain Lions, Prions, and Sick Deer 60 -- 14 Rut (Maybe More Than You Wanted to Know) 63 -- In the Woods -- 15 Hunting Spots for Wild Turkeys at the Last Glacial Maximum 68 -- 16 Wolves, Coyotes, and Deer 72 -- 17 Lead, Lead, Everywhere? 75 -- 18 Politics and the Lead Ammo Debate 78 -- 19 Getting the Lead Out (of Chukars) 82 -- 20 Sounding the Alarm, Mourning Dove Style 86 -- 21 Moaning Moose and Topi Lies 89 -- 22 Turkeys and Love: What's Actually Happening Out There in Spring? 92 -- 23 Looking Back at Turkey Season: What You Might Not Have Seen 95 -- 24 When Black Bears Attack! 97 -- 25 I Wouldn't Have Seen It If I Hadn't Believed It: A Look at the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Controversy 101 -- 26 Recent Developments in the Climate Change News 104 -- 27 Night of the Dead Birds, or Too Much Hitchcock? 108 -- 28 Eagle Attacks Toddler! Then Again, Maybe Not 111 -- In the Water -- 29 Recreational Fishing Alters Fish Evolution 114 -- 30 Duck Hunting in the Low Country; or, How's Your Kooikerhondje? 117 -- 31 Predators and Ducklings in the North Dakota Prairies 120 -- 32 Long-Term Sexual Tensions between Male and Female Ducks 124 -- 33 Vigilance in Ducks: More Than Meets the Eye(lid) 128 -- 34 What Utile We Knew about the Labrador Duck Just Got Littler 132 -- 35 Mumbling Along: Lessons from the Past about Stopping the Spread of Exotic Species 134 -- 36 What You Don't See under Your Boat 139 -- 37 Never Be a Baby Bird 141 -- 38 Oh, No! Duck Hunting Videos Might Not Be Realistic! 145 -- 39 Snow Geese and Polar Bears: Collision Course? 148 -- 40 Species Conservation at the State Level: A Fish-Eye View 152 -- Animals and Us -- 41 Reconsider Your Walk with Fido? 158 -- 42 Loon Hunting: A Bygone Tradition 161 -- 43 Market Hunting and the Demise of the Eskimo Curlew 165 -- 44 Ethics of Baiting and High-Fence Ranch Hunting: A Perennial Debate 169 -- 45 Hunters and Conservationists at Odds over Shooting Shorebirds 177 -- 46 A Conversation about Hunting in the Netherlands 180 -- 47 Back from the Dead: Mother Goose Goes to the Poor House, Cooked 183 -- 48 Cats Outdoors and Native Birds: An Unnatural Mix 188 -- 49 Five Million U.S. Residents Don't See the Problem with Their Cat Killing Just One Bird a Day 191 -- 50 Cats on Birds: A More Insidious Side 195 -- 51 Some We Love, Others Not So Much 197 -- 52 RICO, the Circus, and Conflicts between Hunters and Nonhunters 200 -- Animal Intelligence -- 53 A New Respect for Porcupine Quills 206 -- 54 Outfoxed Again: Foxes Use Built-in Range Finders! 209 -- 55 How Do Ground-Nesting Grouse Ever Breed Successfully? An Oily Subject 212 -- 56 Our Chickadees Are Smarter Than Theirs 216 -- 57 Neck-Deep in Guano: A Recent History of Chimney Swifts 218 -- 58 Shake, Rattle, and Spray, Doggie Style 222 -- 59 Drahthaar Follies 225 -- 60 "Trash Birds," the Law, and Amazing Biology 227 -- 61 Dating Game, Antelope Style 231 -- 62 Camouflage: One of Life's Universals 234 -- 63 One More Cup of Coffee 237. Read More