As most of you are aware, a little over 3 years ago the ADCNR funded a comprehensive study on white-tailed deer movement and survival. This is the research that included the brown and orange collars that some of you were seeing for the past few years. I know that it's been a long time coming, but the data and accompanying interpretations are finally in a format that we can share them with all of you.

Kevyn Wiskirchen and Todd Jacobsen, the two MS students that took the lead on the research submitted the final official copies of their theses in the past few weeks. We have put copies of their theses on the Au DeerLab webpage, and I will include links below so that you can get to the information. Keep in mind that the theses were prepared in a scientific format, so parts of them might be less than enjoyable to read.

Kevyn's THESIS had two chapters. The first examined survival and mortality patterns from the data that were collected, and the second looked at patterns of deer activity and how they were influenced by hunting activity. The data form the first chapter is very interesting regarding the relative differences between mortality on public and private lands, and the second chapter describes how your patterns as a hunter may causing you to hunt primarily on days that have low deer movement.

Todd's THESIS had two chapters, also. The first discussed the definition of excursive movements, and the second described the excursive behaviors that were discovered with the radio-collared deer from this project. These data have implications for management of deer on small-medium sized properties.