This podcast has given me the hard cold scientific facts and knowledge to improve my property and learn the difference between the myths and facts of deer behavior. 100% recommend. MSUs deer lab is on the cutting edge of deer science.

This podcast has help take managing my land to the next level!!!

Excellent material and delivery. Makes me want to become a student at MSU!

I wait for every new episode so that I can go through and hear accurate research so that I can put to actionable plans. I usually have to delisted so that I can make sure I heard it all. Thank y’all for putting this research out here so we can have access to research to refute the bad science or all the myths that steer management plans in a negative direction.

Enjoy the pods, always gain some useful information. Maybe y’all have a pod on this and I’ve missed it but what’s your take on deer challenge whistles? I worked for a man who first told me about this years ago. He told me about hearing this unique sound while stalking in the woods one year around Coffeeville, MS. He got between the two bucks and was able to harvest the larger one. He said he had only heard it one other time in the woods but wasn’t able to get between those bucks and make a harvest. He did his best to mimic the sound and I always remembered that. Some years later on government land off Arkabutla Lake around the Coldwater, MS area, I had a stand over a dried up ditch. Right about dawn, I heard a deer walking on the other side of the ditch where I was sitting, then not long, I heard a deer walking behind me. They paralleled one another walking down each side of the ditch. Right at dusk, I heard the deer across the ditch make this challenge whistle like my friend had mimicked to me. I couldn’t believe it! About 3 minutes before last shooting light the deer across the way stepped into the dry ditch north of me about 75 yds. as the deer behind me went walking towards that area to meet up and I assume the fight was going to be on! I was fortunate enough to get the buck crossing the ditch in my crosshairs & make the shot. Never saw the deer fall, run, or move, and the other buck coming to him, ran off. I backed out of the stand as it was getting cold that evening, chose to take a chance I got the buck, went home and came back early the next morning. As it was frosty that morning and plenty cold over the night, I went back and right where I had shot the buck in the ditch, there he lay all frozen, stiff, & covered w/frost. He turned out to be a nice 9 point but w/many battle scars on his head and neck. When I told the man who had told me about challenge whistles that I had harvested this buck, he said I told you they have a challenge whistle. I sure didn’t believe him when he first told me but I found this out first hand. I, like he, have only heard it one other time in the woods live, and was not able to get between the bucks to make a harvest. I mounted this 9 pt in super sneak position and it still hangs on my living room wall to this day. I often wonder how big the buck behind me may have been since I never saw him clearly but the battle scars on the buck I killed sure suggested he’d been fighting w/other ole boys in the area. Just would like to hear some information, if any you all may have/know, on deer challenge whistles as it just seems to be a very unique and not common to hunters experience in live hunting situations. Thanks if you can and enjoy the information provided on deer, hunting, and land management in these pods.

I’ve always loved that fact that these guys are hunters and nerds about deer ecology. They let the science speak for itself, dumb it down for those that might need it, and tell it like it is whether it’s the accepted norm or a “taboo” idea. Another BIG factor for me is that they’re from the south and are talking about southeastern deer populations (for the most part). It does me NO GOOD WHATSOEVeR to listen to a podcast about deer hunting in the northeast or out west. Where I’m from in West Alabama (Sumter co) my property is big timber and creek bottomlands and the vegetation is thick! The only place where I’ll ever be taking a shot over 100yds is in one of my little .5 acre food plots. Other than that, I’m either up in a tree or spot and stalking. Since there is no lack of browse or water sources, the majority of my buck are gonna be found cruising through thicker vegetation-crossing a road in the open a few times very quickly. These guys understand that because MS is a lot like AL on the landscape. Last thing about this specific pod, I’ve made mock scrapes and put my own scent inside it and I’ve had multiple bucks and does stopping at it-always at night and the bucks I have on video working the ground and depositing their scent in it-some of them hit it once a day and they’ve used it now for 2+ years. Blows my mind that human scent does the same thing as doe urine/estrus. And not only does it work but it seems to have them pretty interested. Thanks y’all can’t wait for some more pods Coming up! Get Craig Harper again I love him!

Truly grateful for all the habitat and science information in these podcasts. Very relevant and well presented. Also, thankful for the clean language -makes it easier to share. Again, very well presented and very useful information. Thanks a lot!

Love listening and learning! Would love o hear about the science associated with recovering deer with a tracking dog.

Just what deer hunters need to improve the herd. Very educational. Thanks guys. Quality as usual.

Awesome information! Thank you so much for educating us on how to make habitat better for the wildlife we love.

Thank you for providing the information so smart decisions can be made for the particular area/environment I manage. Also for stating that information in language is non PhDs can understand. Keep you the great work.

Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge! As a game keeper and land manager i feel like i can never learn enough!

This is one of the best podcast out and is a wealth of knowledge! I just wish I could sit down with them and pick their brains. You are never to old to learn new things and new was of doing stuff! I learn that just by listening!!

I stumbled over this podcast and it is not just for deer hunters but anyone interested in how natural resources are managed and the challenges resource managers face. I really enjoy it!

Great content! Informative!

Have learned so much from the deer lab. I think I have listened to or read everything they have ever put out. It has affected how I hunt and how I attempt to manage the land I hunt. I look forward to every new episode.

Great info for the small land owners or anyone who is looking for tips to manage their deer herd and habitat.

Great scientific information for wildlife and habitat.

Love the amount of information that is covered in each show. I’ll be a listener as long as the show goes on.

Good stuff

As a new deer farmer, this is extremely helpful information. It has been my life dream to be a deer farmer, and you helped to make that dream a reality. Thanks.

This show is full of good information and the guest are outstanding.

Really look forward to the next episodes. We use what we learn on our family farm.

Great info

I eagerly await for new episodes to be one available. Anything you want to know about deer habitat, biology and management all in one podcast. What I really enjoy the most about this podcast is that the majority of the information that is presented is based on Mississippi and surrounding areas.

I have learned information from you guys that I don’t know where I could have found it. A lot tv shows are peddling some none studied or documented information as the gospel. Thank y’all for what you are doing. My 92 year old dad and I have been noticing “mineral stump” for the last 30+ years and wondered why this phenomenon was occurring. Thanks for the 911. I listen almost everyday and I am a sponge. Frank Farley Eatonton Ga.

Turn this podcast up. It is the quietest of all podcast that I listen to. Overall this is a great show super informative and thorough.

I have hunted deer in GA for 43 years and have learned more from this podcast than I did in all those years.

I found you guys over a year ago and have really enjoyed all of your podcasts. Please keep them coming! I was wondering if there is any research about hunting deer has made them smarter. I’ve been hunting deer since the late 70s in Maryland. Back than deer rarely ever looked up in the trees. Now if they think anything is wrong that’s the first place they start looking. Keep up the good work Andy fifer

Dr. Steve and Dr. Bronson have an extremely great show here. If you’re like me and are obsessed with learning about habitat and improving your wildlife habitat, with science based management, this is the show for you. Make sure you subscribe! -Jared Van Hees Habitat Podcast

The Mississippi State deer lab is nationally renowned, so it is a rare opportunity to I have intimate access to their wealth of knowledge. A listener will receive easily digestible, quantitatively backed advice on management for white tail. It can be entertaining and informative for a wildlife Biologist, land manager, or landowner.

Excellent science based and practical information.

Please make more. Cant wait for the next one! This is the most informative podcast on deer. It is based on science not what your uncle told you around the campfire.

Come back guys

The things I learn listening to this are great!

I really love when he talks about how well hung the stick figure deer family is

Great podcast. Didn’t realize I haven’t rated it yet.

Highly recommend!

My group of arm chair weekend warrior wildlife biologists and habitat managers have learned more the deer lab podcasts than any other avenues. Sad part is we lease land and are limited to natural habitat management. Cause we want to burn some kind of bad. Thank you for information and time. Have you all researched the humid acid and biochar? Or is it the latest snake oil being pushed.

Absolutely love the content. Bronson and Steve bring a wealth of information about deer and deer management, but do so in an captivating, conversational way that does not lose the layperson to a never ending series of minute research points. Hands down my favorite podcast; I look forward to every episode.

Scientific approach to hunting whitetails and habitat management!

Thank you so very much for putting this together. It is nice to get information from someone who is less concerned about corporate sponsors and more concerned about proper management of the land. 👍👍

Actual research and data that helps you raise bigger healthier deer. Not just something your neighbor told you his grandad saw one time.

This podcast informs the hunting public. It enables us to make deliberate management choices supported by research. Thank you for sharing your passion!

My favorite part about this podcast is they spend their time explaining the true scientific explanations of why deer do what they do and are how they are instead of just telling us to buy certain products or things of that nature. The more we understand the things that drive deer behavior, the better we’ll get at hunting them. That’s how it’s been for me. This podcast has been so informative for someone like myself who isn’t all that into science. I’m more of a philosophy guy but they do an amazing job of explaining what’s going on with deer from a scientific perspective, but perhaps more importantly they give a lot of actionable tips and steps to applying this knowledge in the field. I’ve been listening for awhile now and I just received their book in the mail. I love this podcast, I love their YouTube channel and I can’t wait to start reading their book! I don’t like to waste time in my day, and listening to the MSU Deer Lab podcasts, watching their videos and reading any material is always worth the time and energy. Many thanks from Dayton, OH - home of the Beatty Buck!

Great and informative. Can you do a podcast on food sources and how to have better success in a habitat such as northern Minnesota that has no oak trees in certain areas? Mainly cover cedar swamps and young popple trees. Thanks!

These podcasts are a wealth of terrific information,... for any manager and/or hunter..!!! This is information that I’ve searched and thirsted for. We have implemented many items suggested here,... with great results...! Listen intently -multiple times-... implement,... then enjoy the fruits of your labor..!!! THX Dr Bronson, Dr Steve and crew..!!! Dan Eagle Fl and NC

Phenomenal podcast; hearing from the real experts of deer management!

What a fantastic podcast. Greatly appreciated from up heah in Maine!

Keep up the great work... The best deer hunting/management educational podcast available.