Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about the Deer, America's Most Popular Big-Game Animal

I love deer. Any facts I can learn about them, whether it be a behavior or trait for identification, are welcomed by me. Thinking I knew a lot about these beautiful creatures, I picked up this book with some cockiness thinking I knew just about as much as the author. WRONG! I am grateful for the expanded learning experience. I saw behavior displayed by a doe toward her yearlings that I never thought would occur when she gave birth to fawn a few months ago... it was in the book! Waiting for this year’s rut to identify more behaviors. This book is a must have from observers to.....hunters.

My son and I have just started hunting, so I thought it’d be a good idea to read a reference book on deer. This book pretty much answered all my questions and more. Some of the reproductive details might be a little much for a youngster, but the author spares no details from his observations. As such, he can’t be accused of not being thorough! Depending on the reader’s maturity, this is probably a high school age read.It’s organized in a cool way, in that it sort of follows a deer’s life through a calendar year. It obviously covers food and habits, and also includes some quirky observations from the author and some hunting strategies.Anyway, his is a well written book that is what it claims to be. I just finished it, and while I’ve got some other topics on my “read next” list, I look forward to coming back and reading this one again.

This is a very good "biology" book on whitetails, detailing their physiology and life history, in laymen's terms, absent serious scientific detail, which can be unnecessarily boring to the layman. When I bought it, I already had 30+ years experience hunting mule and blacktail deer, but limited experience hunting whitetails. So, I was looking for a book that highlighted the differences in the species' habits, particularly reproductive habits. The book fulfilled my expectations completely, I would highly recommend it to inexperienced and experienced hunters alike. In fact I bought personal copies for 2 of my hunting sons and one other hunting partner as soon as I finished reading it. Dr. Rue really knows his stuff!

This book was the best wildlife book I have read. I thought I knew things that simply were inaccurate. I recommend everyone that is serious about deer hunting or conservation read this book.

A great read for hunters and academics alike. Full of complex, yet easy to read, facts. I have learned SO much. An enjoyable read that will entertain anyone wanting to learn about whitetail. Anyone interested in wildlife or conservation would benefit from this.

I had been looking for a book to help me understand the deer in my area and this book proved to be exactly what I was looking for. I am not a hunter so I cannot recommend it to hunters but for anyone else this book has everything you might want to know about them.

Absolutely awesome, great pics, tons of info. As a new hunter I’m wondering if the experienced hunter possesses this kind of knowledge. I mean no disrespect it’s just there is so much detailed information, I love the book, hope to meet the author some day.

Informative book so far, love the pictures and information. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I bought it new but the book I got was torn a little on the cover and feels used. But it's still a good read.

There is no any condition betven hunting and deer. This book is good for someone who study biology, not for hunters.

very informative, and easily read. a must read for the deer hunter