Habitat
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- Habitat · Mast and natural foodUpper Peninsula Black Bears Stayed Longer at Summer Deer CornCollared Upper Peninsula bears made more frequent, longer and more nocturnal visits near summer deer corn. A small comparison detected no range or step change.
- Habitat · Mast and natural foodLa Grange bass ate silver carp under 4 inches in summer 2015Bass in La Grange in 2015 ate silver carp of 1.3 to 4.0 inches, only in June through August. Fall diets in this sample had none. Population control was not tested.
- Habitat · Mast and natural foodDeer picked white oak acorns first in Georgia trials, so start therePenned Georgia does ranked white oak acorns highest and northern red oak lowest. Red oak nuts carry more tannin and hold until spring, so they are the backup once white oak litter is shells and caps.
- Habitat · Mast and natural foodVirginia Bear Harvest: Acorns and Season TimingIn Virginia’s earlier records, poor mast accompanied a higher archery share of bear harvest. That association weakened in the later comparison. Hunters need to understand what the survey measures and which harvest totals supply the denominators.
- Habitat · Mast and natural foodAfter an Acorn Shortfall: Deer Harvest in Missouri's Wooded CountiesOver recent seasons, Missouri counties with greater forest cover recorded larger shifts in registered deer harvest between seasons, matching MDC's descriptions of acorn production. Among 113 counties, those in the highest forest third had median changes of 19 to 24 percent across each of the three latest season pairs; those in the lowest forest third changed less than 5 percent.73%of Missouri's 2024 to 25 decline came from its most-forested third
- Habitat · Mast and natural foodCorn Acreage Does Not Measure Nutrition: Illinois Counties and Big BucksIn Mississippi State's feeding experiments, Lower Coastal Plain bucks reared on the same high-quality diet reached the size of wild Delta bucks, whose antler scores are 25 inches greater than those of wild Lower Coastal Plain bucks. For Illinois counties, the relationship between cropland and big-buck density ranges from -0.44 to +0.40 as the divisor changes.+32%antler score gain for bucks raised on one diet for two generations
- Habitat · Mast and natural foodEarly Successional Deer Habitat: What the Research MeasuredExtension publications and field research report figures on sunlight, logging, fire and deer browsing. See what the sources measured, where they worked, and which findings a landowner can apply in other woods.1,000+pounds of forage per acre in young forest, about 100 under closed canopy
- Habitat · Mast and natural foodNative Browse Is the Diet. A Food Plot Is the Supplement.Missouri reports deer nutrition needs by life stage, while Mississippi State gives test results for common native plants. Comparing both sets of information alongside Missouri's seasonal chart shows which plants support deer through the year.600+plant species found in Missouri deer diets