Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about America's Most Popular Big Game Animal
Wildlife author and photographer of more than thirty books (including The Encyclopedia of Deer, The Deer Hunter’s Illustrated Dictionary, and Whitetails), Leonard Lee Rue III provides the most comprehensive reference on whitetail deer ever published. This book will appeal to anyone remotely interested in whitetails and other deer: nature buffs, deer lovers, deer haters, gardeners, farmers, photographers, biologists, mammalogists, highway troopers, and––not least––deer hunters, who will find a wealth of material that will improve their understanding and appreciation of their quarry.

In spite of the manuscript's astounding thoroughness, Rue keeps the text short and clear to allow room for hundreds of his extraordinary photos, illustrating virtually every aspect of whitetail behavior, physiology, and more. Outdoors author Neil Soderstrom “[has] never encountered a manuscript as interesting and comprehensive on whitetails or any other species. Most information in this book is entirely new….This is a very good read, its factual material gracefully presented and richly enlivened by [Rue’s] personal observations and good humor.” Even if your bookshelf is already full of titles about whitetails, this new addition has breaking research that is necessary for anyone interested in whitetail deer.
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Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about America's Most Popular Big Game Animal
Wildlife author and photographer of more than thirty books (including The Encyclopedia of Deer, The Deer Hunter’s Illustrated Dictionary, and Whitetails), Leonard Lee Rue III provides the most comprehensive reference on whitetail deer ever published. This book will appeal to anyone remotely interested in whitetails and other deer: nature buffs, deer lovers, deer haters, gardeners, farmers, photographers, biologists, mammalogists, highway troopers, and––not least––deer hunters, who will find a wealth of material that will improve their understanding and appreciation of their quarry.

In spite of the manuscript's astounding thoroughness, Rue keeps the text short and clear to allow room for hundreds of his extraordinary photos, illustrating virtually every aspect of whitetail behavior, physiology, and more. Outdoors author Neil Soderstrom “[has] never encountered a manuscript as interesting and comprehensive on whitetails or any other species. Most information in this book is entirely new….This is a very good read, its factual material gracefully presented and richly enlivened by [Rue’s] personal observations and good humor.” Even if your bookshelf is already full of titles about whitetails, this new addition has breaking research that is necessary for anyone interested in whitetail deer.
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Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about America's Most Popular Big Game Animal

Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about America's Most Popular Big Game Animal

by Leonard Lee Rue III
Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about America's Most Popular Big Game Animal

Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about America's Most Popular Big Game Animal

by Leonard Lee Rue III

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Wildlife author and photographer of more than thirty books (including The Encyclopedia of Deer, The Deer Hunter’s Illustrated Dictionary, and Whitetails), Leonard Lee Rue III provides the most comprehensive reference on whitetail deer ever published. This book will appeal to anyone remotely interested in whitetails and other deer: nature buffs, deer lovers, deer haters, gardeners, farmers, photographers, biologists, mammalogists, highway troopers, and––not least––deer hunters, who will find a wealth of material that will improve their understanding and appreciation of their quarry.

In spite of the manuscript's astounding thoroughness, Rue keeps the text short and clear to allow room for hundreds of his extraordinary photos, illustrating virtually every aspect of whitetail behavior, physiology, and more. Outdoors author Neil Soderstrom “[has] never encountered a manuscript as interesting and comprehensive on whitetails or any other species. Most information in this book is entirely new….This is a very good read, its factual material gracefully presented and richly enlivened by [Rue’s] personal observations and good humor.” Even if your bookshelf is already full of titles about whitetails, this new addition has breaking research that is necessary for anyone interested in whitetail deer.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626365315
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 09/03/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 70 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III has lived in the outdoors among the creatures that he photographs and writes about for most of his life. For several decades he was the most published wildlife photographer in North America, with over 1,800 magazine covers to his credit. He is the author of thirty books on wildlife, including The Deer of North America and The Way of the Whitetail, and writes monthly columns for Deer and Deer Hunting and Whitetail Times magazines. In 1997 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA).

Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Author's Acknowledgments xv

Foreword xvii

Chapter 1 Populations and Nomenclature 1

Chapter 2 Whitetail Sizes and Weights 11

Chapter 3 Physiology 25

Chapter 4 The Five Senses 65

Chapter 5 Age and Aging 81

Chapter 6 Predators, Parasites, Pathogens, and Accidents 91

Chapter 7 Antlers 105

Chapter 8 Food and When It's Eaten 147

Chapter 9 Communication 171

Chapter 10 Emotions in Deer 201

Chapter 11 Instinct vs. Intelligence 215

Chapter 12 The Deer's Year 219

Chapter 13 Deer and Man 289

Index 301

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