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Rifle Season Effects On Daylight Deer Activity - Research Results
Wildlife Investments
Chapters
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Introduction & Guest Introductions
2:05
The Longview Property Study Setup
4:24
The Findings
7:07
Morning Movement Peaks
9:55
Creating a "Vacuum" for Daytime Deer Activity
12:09
The Landscape Context
15:09
Buck-Specific Results
17:10
Strategic Cover Placement for Huntability
20:20
Camera Placements Bias
26:50
Hunting Applications: Cover vs Food Plots
34:00
Reframing Neighbor Pressure as an Advantage
37:20
Why More People Don't Manage for Cover Barriers
42:20
Being Different From Your Neighbor?
46:00
Wrap-up & Future Topics
Wildlife Investments
Rifle Season Effects On Daylight Deer Activity - Research Results
Dec 17, 2025
Season 1
Episode 1
Moriah Boggess
The opener of gun season no doubt alters deer movement, but does it make deer movement nocturnal? This is a common claim among hunters and there is certainly a lot of anecdotal evidence reported from the deer woods on the subject, but what does science say? Dr. Marcus Lashley, Dr. Bronson Strickland, and Moriah Boggess discuss a research project that measured deer activity in Mississippi before and during rifle season. The results might surprise you, but there is much to be learned and applied from this study.
