Ms. Fleegle has blogged about one of the study’s most captivating characters, Doe 12866, in a series titled “The Real Does of the Deer-Forest Study.” Like Buck 8917, this doe was remarkable ...

One wildlife biologist, David deCalesta, called it the worst “deer desert” he’d witnessed in his 47 years of deer and forest research. Haven Colgate. As of now, the state disagrees.