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Digital Issue: October 2009 Deer & Deer Hunting

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Inside This Issue

In the age of increased antlerless harvests, it is amazing to find a decade-old matriarch. Al Cornell has this intriguing story.

Charles J. Alsheimer reveals top tactics for the wildest time of year.

Hunters must be careful to avoid hunting and scouting too aggressively before the best time to intercept a mature buck arrives, writes Les Davenport.

Learn which deer are the most difficult to dupe, and then decide how you would handle each one using Bill Vazniz's scenarios.

If all is fair in love and war, Gary Sefton writes, hunting rutting bucks has to be included in the latter.

Corn is one of the most popular supplements for deer, but is it a blessing or curse for our nation's whitetails? Matt Harper gives a thorough examination.

Researchers search for the true meaning behind flashing tails and explosive snorts. John J. Ozoga has the scoop.

Dr. Phillip Bishop writes that a whitetail's choppers can reveal a lot about the age structure of your herd.

Use sniper training and techniques from J. Guthrie to improve your chances of making every shot in the woods a killer.

For white-tailed deer, Leonard Lee Rue III asserts, odors speak louder than "words."

Charles J. Alsheimer tells how life turns upside down for an estrous doe and her family group.

We stand alone, Rev. Zeke Pipher writes, in our ability to contemplate the loss of life, to understand its finality, to comprehend what's forever gone.

The fall air recalls several memories for Editor Dan Schmidt.