 EDITOR'S BLOG
Dispatch From Camp
Dave Mance III
So things are good up in the mountains. Whereas my opening week last year was colored by an Ahab-like obsession on a 140-class buck, this year has been more peaceful and easy-going, due mostly to the weather. You can't see deer well in 60 degrees and sun - most are loath to move on account of the heat and when they do they're practically invisible. You certainly can't sneak up on them in the cymbal-crash dry leaves...Full Article Text
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 THE OUTSIDE STORY
Buck Meets Doe
John Buck
One of the evolutionary adjustments whitetail deer have made is to reproduce early and often. A six-year-old whitetail doe can easily become a great-great-grandmother, and she can continue to produce fawns each year until she is ten years old...
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 WHAT IN THE WOODS IS THAT?
Our Weekly Guessing Game!
This beautiful blob was photographed recently near our office. What is it? Bonus points will be given for telling us what it's doing.
Every other week we run a photo of something unusual found in the woods. Guess what it is and you'll be eligible to win a copy of The Outside Story, a paperback collection of our Outside Story newspaper columns. A prize winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. The correct answer, and the winner's name, will appear in next week's column.View the full image and enter this week's contest This week's contest deadline is 8:00 AM, Wednesday, December 1, 2010. |
 Last Week's Contest Answer
Congratulations to our winner, David Dargie of Andover, MA! We had 12 correct answers. David receives a copy of our book, The Outside Story.
This scat's full of apple skin and apple seeds. The washed out orb you see in the picture is a quarter, for scale. What kind of animal left this calling card?
NW Answer: Coyote.The coyote's remarkable success in colonizing northeastern forests is due in large part to its extremely omnivorous nature. Yes they eat meat - everything from grasshoppers to deer, but they're also fond of vegetarian fare, as this apple-laden scat indicates. Evolutionarily speaking, these generalist feeding habits give them an advantage over more meat-dependent predators.
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 NORTHERN WOODLANDS NEWS
The Winter Issue is Almost Here!
The winter issue of the magazine will drop at the Post Office next week. The issue should be appearing in mailboxes shortly after Thanksgiving.
Holiday Gifts from Northern Woodlands
While you wait for the next magazine, we'll offer you several temptations from our online store. A few items are featured below; more items can be found by linking here.
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