Recent Ask the Biologist
Not Like Wine
By Bob Humphrey
How long can you leave a deer it the woods before it spoils? QUESTION: I constantly see TV hunting shows where someone shoots a deer and then waits until the next day to find it. How long is the meat good when someone shoots the deer and finds it the... READ MORE
The Infamous Perfect Shot
By Bob Humphrey
Is there a spot in a deer’s chest where an arrow wouldn’t strike vital organs? QUESTION: While bowhunting recently, I shot a buck and made what I thought was a perfect broadside shot. We found blood and tracked for some time, but after se... READ MORE
Somebody Should Write That Article
By Bob Humphrey
Do you feel bad or resist the urge to take a doe that has yearlings with her? QUESTION: I took my son out for youth day, and all we saw was a doe with two fawns. I remembered someone telling me that if you shoot the doe and the fawns were too young, ... READ MORE
Book Smart
By Bob Humphrey
This hunter’s problem is a lot more common than most would admit. QUESTION: As a young hunter, I often get frustrated hunting bucks at our property in Alabama. I feel like they are almost impossible to pattern in the mix of pine thickets/deep h... READ MORE
Is It Better to Take Barren Does?
By Bob Humphrey
Our biologist explores another long-standing whitetail myth. QUESTION: Where I hunt, we try to remove a few does each year to keep the herd healthy. This fall, one of my buddies shot a particularly large doe and said she was a dry doe and it was bett... READ MORE