Whitetail Autumn
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| List: $29.50 |
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| ISBN: 157223007X | 160 pages |
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| The first in a series of four beautifully illustrated volumes which follow the life of the white-tailed deer through the seasons. Here is the full and captivating drama of a whitetail autumn -- a season that determines whether individual deer, their future progeny and even entire populations will survive or perish. Famed deer researcher John Ozoga provides a highly authoritative and colorful text that includes an immense amount of new research findings. The riveting, vivid color images of whitetails, their interactions and their habitats were taken throughout the deer's extensive North American range. They render a singular collaboration between the world's finest nature photographers and the nation's most renowned deer research biologist. | ||
Review:Ozoga's work is significant because whitetails are certainly America's most popular and abundant large mammal. In this first volume in a proposed series of four titles that will follow the life of the white-tailed deer through the seasons of the year, the author sheds much light on most aspects of the deer's social behavior and communications during the fall, which is the all-important breeding season and a crucial preparation time for the approach of winter. Ozoga, a noted authority on the subject, has spent 30 years researching deer and is the author of previous works; his continued research has uncovered many new findings not presented by him earlier. The important role that hunters play in maintaining the healthful existence of these deer in the absence of any natural predators is noted. The book is, however, primarily aimed at nonhunters, who, through knowledge, can help in the perpetuation of a healthy deer population. Strikingly illustrated. |
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