Deer & Deer Hunting is written and edited for serious, year-round hunting enthusiasts, focusing on hunting techniques, deer biology and behavior, deer management, habitat requirements, the natural history of deer and hunting ethics
That quote by Emerson has been recited, recycled, even ripped off, many times over since he penned it 177 years ago. Football coaching great Woody Hayes even took a turn at reciting it throughout the course of his illustrious career at The Ohio State University. It was Hayes, in fact, who is credited with editing the term “rendered again” to “pay it forward.” Given his appreciation for collegiate sports and especially OSU football, Charles Alsheimer surely heard this phrase when he was a young man and not only swore it to memory but to action. Charlie was a Deer & Deer Hunting field editor these past 38 years. I had the good fortune of working with him for more than 23, and he must have uttered that phrase to me…
Charlie Alsheimer spent the better part of his life with deer — he woke up with them, he went where they went, he ate what they ate, he even took naps with them. He lived for deer, they were the why and how of his life. They were a not too distant second to his God and his family, which always came first. When it came to understanding deer, he was without equal — it would not be an overstatement to call him the Michael Jordan or Dale Earnhardt of deer and deer hunting, he was that good. Charlie studied and wrote about deer behavior with the keen eye of a person who made his living looking through a camera lens, and he wrote about them like someone who spent…
His writing was second to none — the information he shared with the deer hunting community was beyond priceless. Even more important was his attitude toward 99 percent of the hunters — the regular hunters who don’t have the best land or can afford those expensive private hunts. He was really one of us. He never held that commercial mentality and never tried to turn this sport into a money-making scheme, unlike the majority of the TV hunters out there today. Charlie Alsheimer was one of us. — Mark Forabosco I have the Season 4 DVD of Deer & Deer Hunting-TV and have watched it backward and forward many times. I looked up to Charlie and thought he was awesome. He was a super good guy and a good Christian.…
DDH TV Upcoming Episodes of Deer & Deer Hunting-TV on Pursuit Channel Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. EST, Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. EST and 10:00 p.m. EST. April 5: “Target That Buck” Can you really target a certain buck? April 12: “Plan for Success” Mark Kayser hunts Montana for mule deer and whitetails. April 19: “Bucket List” Gordy Krahn tackles a tough bucket list deer hunt. April 26: “Remodeling the Deer Woods” Steve Bartylla provides budget habitat improvement tips. May 3: “TC in Texas” Dan Schmidt takes his Thompson/Center to Texas for a tour of big bucks. May 10: “Have Patience” A windy Kansas bowhunt tests Mark Kayser’s patience to the max. WHAT TO WATCH TRAILING THE HUNTER'S MOON Trailing the Hunter’s Moon, hosted by lifelong outdoors-man, Larry Weishuhn, is a…
With the increased prevalence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD), many hunters and wildlife enthusiasts wonder what other diseases are being transferred among deer populations. The transfer of diseases from livestock to white-tailed deer holds a valid place in this concern. In a collaborative study between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), four pathogens affecting cattle and deer were tested for the prevalence of antibodies in two Wisconsin whitetail populations. This article derives from the research article “Environmental Factors Influencing White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Exposure to Livestock Pathogens in Wisconsin,” and clarification from the author, Dr. Shelli Dubay of UWSP. The original study from UW-Madison examined deer mortality and fawn survival from 2011-13, but it only made sense to take blood…
Deer antlers are secondary sex characters, grown only by members of the deer family, Cervidae. They serve effectively as weapons important in establishing dominance during the breeding season. However, antlers also function as ornaments, and can be clear indicators of a buck’s strength, genetic quality and social status. Researcher Dr. Steve Ditchkoff suggests that unbalanced antlers grown by young bucks are a clear signal of poor genetic quality. Likewise, large, well-balanced antlers are indicative of superior genetics. If a buck’s antlers do indeed signal his genetic quality, then genetically superior bucks, which tend to carry superior antlers, have an effective means of advertising their “good genes” to prospective mates. It seems logical, then, that females can accurately assess the quality of a rutting buck based upon his antler traits. If…
