There are numerous ways in which hunters carry deer after harvesting it. The most popular ways hunters carry deer is to drag it on the ground, quarter it and put it in a backpack, or carry it on their back to the nearest trail. Using Tools to Carry a Deer The most popular way for …
Brassicas are the best food plot to plant in September. Deer eat like kings in the spring and summer months, feeding on natural and agricultural forage. The fall presents a different challenge as those summer plants fade away after the first frost. Winter is the most challenging season of all for deer. Your choice of …
Mice make up part of the diet for several species of deer throughout their lives in certain situations when they need more protein than grasses provide, such as fawns, juvenile male mule deer, and elk calves at certain times during the year. Many types of deer, like, for example, white-tailed and mule deer, will indeed …
Deer are widely known as grazing herbivores. As ruminants, they even have a specialty designed digestive system to process plants and get the absolute best nutrition out of them. This gut system shares the famous feature that cows’ guts do by having four different stomach parts! So if they have evolved to make the most …
Wondering where to aim shooting ducks? Always remember to aim for the eye, not the body, and stay just in front of the bird. That’s the most important lesson I took away from my early duck hunting days, and this simple, successful aim has earned me a lot of birds. Here are the top things …
Is it an elk or a moose? In Sweden, the answer is both! While in North America, Alces alces is a beautiful woodland inhabitant known as a moose, whereas in Europe, it is known as an elk. To make matters even more complicated, in North America, the term “elk” refers to a completely different species, …
Although moose and caribou are both types of deer, there are plenty of differences between them. Size, weight, coloring, habitat, temperament, diet, antler shape, existing predators, migration habits, and their history vary greatly. For example, moose are a lot bigger than caribou. Moose are solitary animals, while caribou travel in large herds. Moose have dark …
Deer are beautiful, majestic animals that have many names we use to talk about them in regards to gender and age. The females, in particular, have some of the most varied and debatable nominal terminology. Some can indicate whether they’re virginal, pregnant or caretaking mothers. So, what is a female deer called? There are three …
Deer males have names varying from bull, buck, hart, stag, and spiker. The whitetail deer is the most common deer in the United States, though there are more than 100 different species of deer across the globe – all with their unique characteristics. How do we know what to call a male deer with so …
Are you wondering what a male reindeer is called? Surprisingly, it is not a ‘buck’ or a ‘doe’ as you would imagine. This is one distinct difference that sets reindeer apart from their deer species counterparts. Male reindeer are referred to as bulls, they share this similarity with moose and elk. Reindeer also goes by …