8 1/2 x 11, 160 pages, approx. 174 color photos, charts, index, bibliography, map Now available in paperback, Leonard Lee Rue III's Way of the Whitetail le

- Advice and information from a master based on a lifetime of observing, hunting, and photographing deer in the wild Are deer browsers or grazers? Do antlers indicate age? Are buck and doe droppings different? Does moon phase affect the rut? Can antlered does breed? A host of questions about deer behavior and hunting are answered by renowned deer expert Leonard Lee Rue III in this fascinating and useful book. Includes hundreds of facts and observations about feeding behavior, deer movements, the rut, hunting techniques, and antlers--all presented in an easy-to-use Q&A format, illustrated with the author's stunning color photographs. Practical information for anyone who wants a more successful hunt.

Wildlife author and photographer of more than thirty books (including The Encyclopedia of Deer, The Deer Hunter’s Illustrated Dictionary, and Whitetails), Leonard Lee Rue III provides the most comprehensive reference on whitetail deer ever published. This book will appeal to anyone remotely interested in whitetails and other deer: nature buffs, deer lovers, deer haters, gardeners, farmers, photographers, biologists, mammalogists, highway troopers, and––not least––deer hunters, who will find a wealth of material that will improve their understanding and appreciation of their quarry. In spite of the manuscript's astounding thoroughness, Rue keeps the text short and clear to allow room for hundreds of his extraordinary photos, illustrating virtually every aspect of whitetail behavior, physiology, and more. Outdoors author Neil Soderstrom “[has] never encountered a manuscript as interesting and comprehensive on whitetails or any other species. Most information in this book is entirely new….This is a very good read, its factual material gracefully presented and richly enlivened by [Rue’s] personal observations and good humor.” Even if your bookshelf is already full of titles about whitetails, this new addition has breaking research that is necessary for anyone interested in whitetail deer.

This book is the culmination of years of observation of the white-tailed deer in the field.

Answers to all your questions on life cycle, feeding patterns, antlers, scrapes and rubs, behavior during the rut, and habitat.

The standard reference on all North American deer species-behavior, habitat, distribution, and more-with over three hundred photographs.