Deer Wars: Science, Tradition, and the Battle over Managing Whitetails in Pennsylvania (Keystone Book)
If I had the power to do it, I'd make Deer Wars mandatory reading for every deer hunter, anti-hunter, wildlife manager, farmer, forester and environmentalist in the state. It's that good. --Christian Berg, The Morning CallHunters and non-hunters alike should take the opportunity to read this book. Non-hunters stand to learn about the problems uncontrolled wild animal populations can create as well as the purpose and role hunting plays in managing those populations and problems. Hunters when you re finished you ll have a much better understanding of deer management as it's practiced today, whether or not you agree with it. More importantly, it will help you determine if you truly are a conservationist, or simply just a hunter. --Ted Onufrak, President, The Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc.It might be a little late now to find a copy to take to deer camp, but every Pennsylvania deer hunter should get and read: Deer Wars; Science, Tradition, and the Battle Over Managing Whitetails in Pennsylvania, a new book by Bob Frye. Not because the book will help those who still have a deer tag get a buck, but because this work offers a clear presentation of the history, lore and complexity of living with deer in the modern world. It's the book our state needed decades ago. Deer Wars examines all aspects of the questions: How many deer should Pennsylvania have? Why? And who says so?Throughout the book's 305 pages, he writes about deer and deer issues with a native Western Pennsylvania outdoorsman's insight and affection for whitetails, tempered with keen journalistic timing and logical organization of the material. Too often, the various sides in deer debates have tended to see Pennsylvania's landscape as static. But Frye succeeds in communicating, more than anything else, the fundamental changes that have occurred in the state's ecology, economy, land use and politics that have come together to put deer and humans in conflict. --Ben Moyer, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteHunters and non-hunters alike should take the opportunity to read this book. Non-hunters stand to learn about the problems uncontrolled wild animal populations can create as well as the purpose and role hunting plays in managing those populations and problems. Hunters when you re finished you ll have a much better understanding of deer management as it's practiced today, whether or not you agree with it. More importantly, it will help you determine if you truly are a conservationist, or simply just a hunter. --Ted Onufrak, President, The Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc.It might be a little late now to find a copy to take to deer camp, but every Pennsylvania deer hunter should get and read: Deer Wars; Science, Tradition, and the Battle Over Managing Whitetails in Pennsylvania, a new book by Bob Frye. Not because the book will help those who still have a deer tag get a buck, but because this work offers a clear presentation of the history, lore and complexity of living with deer in the modern world. It's the book our state needed decades ago. Deer Wars examines all aspects of the questions: How many deer should Pennsylvania have? Why? And who says so?Throughout the book's 305 pages, he writes about deer and deer issues with a native Western Pennsylvania outdoorsman's insight and affection for whitetails, tempered with keen journalistic timing and logical organization of the material. Too often, the various sides in deer debates have tended to see Pennsylvania's landscape as static. But Frye succeeds in communicating, more than anything else, the fundamental changes that have occurred in the state's ecology, economy, land use and politics that have come together to put deer and humans in conflict. --Ben Moyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette