June 2009 Deer & Deer Hunting Digital Issue

D&DH magazine developed under the direction of white-tailed deer hunters offering comprehensive and practical information about white-tailed deer and deer hunting techniques — the type of editorial no one else has been able to imitate. Inside This Issue:

• Rev. Zeke B. Pipher shows how to balance those precious commodities of home life and time spent afield.
• Joe Shead reports that deer hunters and nonhunters alike are becoming addicted to shed hunting.
• Tom Carpenter offers great ideas to help transform your pile of sheds and racks into useful items for your home or camp.
• Dr. Phillip Bishop enlists the help of a forensics expert to learn the real reasons why some whitetail antlers are dark and others are bone white.
• Learn how to turn an ordinary shotgun into a lights-out slug shooter without breaking the bank with insights from Dave Henderson.
• Our editors reveal the top new bow- and gun-hunting gear items they saw at this year's hunting trade shows.
• The amazing story of two wild does that outsmarted hunters for more than a decade is recalled by Charles Alsheimer.
• A variable wind might be the bow-hunter's worst nightmare. John Trout Jr. has five ways you can beat it.
• New research indicates that motherhood is not only a daunting challenge for yearling does, writes John J. Ozoga, it can sometimes prove too much for them to handle.
• Our test property produces results and offers lessons for private-land whitetail managers.
• A game warden gets creative in an attempt to nab a New Hampshire poacher, reports Elizabeth Dinan. Dan Schmidt's "Editor's Stump" column looks at the history of the popular "Deer Browse" department.