#303 - Debunking Whitetail Myths: A Look into Deer Research with Dr. Bronson Strickland

The WHTL Podcast - Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests

Jake Hofer

Sports, Wilderness

4.9 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of The Exodus Podcast, we are back in the studio talking with renowned whitetail biologist and host of the Deer University Podcast Dr. Bronson Strickland. Bronson has devoted years to studying whitetails and has helped the hunting industry as a whole expand what they knew or thought they knew about whitetails.

We discuss:

Mature bucks are not always nocturnal
Bucks are active and on their feet before sunset, but are most frequently observed on food plots around an hour after sunset
Bucks daylight behavior depends on their food source's proximity
Mature bucks may cover less ground during the rut
Beating a deer's nose entirely is nearly impossible
Understanding the complexity of buck movement and the role of wind direction
Whitetails are adaptable and conditioned to respond to stimuli for survival
Mature bucks may exhibit individual behavior based on their upbringing and experiences
Two-thirds of bucks have a sedentary personality, while one-third are mobile
Mobile bucks can be further classified as shifters or bouncers
The October lull is not applicable in the South, where it is more accurate to consider the period before the rut
Understanding the relationship between cover corridors and prevailing winds
Data analysis reveals that there is no clear pattern for how bucks use wind direction
The extent and position of the moon's influence on deer movements still remain uncertain

And so much more!

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0:00.0	What is going on? Welcome to the Exodus podcast this week. We have Dr. Bronson Strickland on.
0:04.7	Once again, we had them on here last fall and it was a great episode and we're talking a lot of different dear research questions.
0:11.2	And questions that you probably have or have always wondered, we're asking none other than Dr. Strickland.
0:17.3	So hope you guys really enjoy this episode. There's some great information here that you guys can keep in the back of your mind for this upcoming season. Also, before we get into this, I want to say this will probably be the last opportunity to get into the Bowhunting, Ohio White Tails and Exodus giveaway. You can head to the link in the description of this. We're going to send out everyone who signs up. We're going to send out a text or an email to announce the winners and let you know if you were the lucky person or not. So be sure to do that. It's a value of $4,200 and a great opportunity for someone to go out of state and have a great opportunity at an awesome Ohio book. So hope you guys take advantage of that. Hope you guys enjoy this. Let's go
0:55.3	ahead and get right into the episode. If you do enjoy this, please leave a route and review. It really
0:59.4	helps us out. Here we go.
1:00.4	Lights. Camera. Follow the trail. If you know where a deer's betting and you know where he's
1:06.2	eating, that deer should be dead. If you're passive on a deer, what you're doing is you're teaching.
1:11.9	I've got 30 bucks in the Michigan record book.
1:14.1	Everyone but one has had at least one previous wound on his body.
1:18.4	Some had as many as four.
1:20.8	The Exodus podcast.
1:22.7	Your source for all things, White Tail.
1:25.8	Dr. Streaklin, how's it going today?
1:44.2	Hey, so far so good, Jake. Doing well down here in Mississippi. Yeah, very good. Yeah, it's a busy time of year. And I'm excited to talk about a lot of different things here. We had you on. I think it was last October, is maybe when we last connected here on the Exodus podcast, really enjoyed the conversation.
1:48.2	We had a lot of great feedback. And so I figured we got to have you back on. So thanks for coming on here. Yeah, man, happy to. Yeah. And so for folks didn't catch that last episode or maybe not
1:53.3	familiar with who you are, why don't you just take a chance to introduce yourself here.
1:58.0	Okay. Well, my name's Bronson, Strickland. I'm a professor of wildlife management and
2:04.0	extension wildlife specialist at Mississippi State University. And essentially my job is outreach,
2:13.4	and what outreach means from a university perspective is adult education. And so my job is really working with Steve DeMaris.
2:21.3	Steve, DeMars and I were both co-directors of the MSU Deer Lab.
2:25.3	And so we collaborate on research, but Steve more or less directs the research,
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