#208 - PROOF That NO BUCK is NOCTURNAL! - w/Bronson Strickland and Steve Demarais of Mississippi State University

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Sports & Recreation:outdoor, Sports & Recreation, Outdoor

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🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Summary

Steve Demarais and Bronson Strickland are professors at Mississippi State University. There, a team of faculty and graduate students make up the MSU Deer Ecology and Management Lab. Through many research projects Steve and Bronson have learned a ton about whitetail deer and their behaviors. In this episode, Aaron and I were able to have a long conversation with Steve and Bronson about some of the things that have learned that will help all of us as hunters and land managers. You may be surprised at some of the things that they have learned about the whitetail deer in decades of researching them! Topics Include: -where bucks go to avoid hunting pressure -why nocturnal bucks are a myth -how to manage property to hold more deer MSU Deer Lab Website - https://www.msudeer.msstate.edu/people.php MSU Deer Lab Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/msudeerlab/?hl=en MSU Deer Lab YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDOZeiPref8vhAHkULM3IGg THP MERCH - https://bit.ly/30ZC1rm - Get 10% off THP Merch w/Code THPPODCAST GoWild - Save 10% on orders w/code THP - https://bit.ly/3i4c15r OPTICS - 10% off Vortex Optics w/code THP10 - https://bit.ly/3AOdKDQ TURKEY CALLS - Get 10% off Woodhaven Calls w/coupon code - THP2022 - http://bit.ly/2IagiSe MAPPING - Get 20% Off OnX Hunt! Use promo code THP: https://bit.ly/3qCKryJ BOW ACCESSORIES - Get 20% off TROPHY RIDGE products w/code - THP21 - http://bit.ly/2Lol7Yx BOWS - Save 10% off all Bear Equipment w/code THP10 - http://bit.ly/2JW7OzP TICK REPELLANT - Learn about all Sawyer outdoor products - https://sawyer.com/lyme-disease/ TRAIL CAMERAS - Get 10% off Exodus Trail Cameras w/ code - THP10 - https://bit.ly/3lwNlpE GAME PROCESSING - MEAT! products - Free shipping on orders over $99 w/code - THP10 - https://bit.ly/2DzgTQ8v TREE SADDLES - Check out Tethrd saddles and platforms! - http://bit.ly/2Td2Wcr Follow us on Facebook at The Hunting Public Follow us on Instagram at The Hunting Public

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, thanks for tuning in to this episode.
0:03.0	Aaron and I got the opportunity a couple of months ago when we were down in Mississippi
0:07.4	Turkey hunting to go over to Mississippi State University and talk with Bronson Strickland
0:13.4	and Steve DeMaris.
0:15.1	They're both professors at MSU and there they do some really cool deer research projects.
0:21.0	It was really cool to talk to these guys because all of the data that they've collected
0:25.6	in these research projects help tell us a lot about how deer behave and what strategies
0:31.2	we should use when we're hunting them.
0:33.2	We cover so many different topics we talk about whether or not antler size matters when
0:38.6	a doe is picking a buck to breed with during the rut.
0:41.7	We talk about if bucks are nocturnal, we talk about how hunting pressure affects the
0:46.6	deer movement, we talk about how to manage better for white tails, but we also filmed
0:51.8	the recording of this podcast and on our YouTube channel here real soon we're going to
0:56.4	be posting that and they'll be more visual aid to go along with what we're talking about.
1:01.5	If you guys checked the description of this podcast you'll see down there the links that
1:05.4	I put that will take you to their website, their Instagram page and their YouTube channel.
1:11.5	That way you can continue to follow along with them throughout the year to learn more about
1:15.8	deer and how we can be managing better for deer in the future.
1:19.6	So before we get into the episode I wanted to remind you guys that Exodus has a really
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