Module 4 of 14 Foundations
Know Your Quarry: Biology & Behavior
Build a working mental model of how a whitetail's body, senses, and social life drive everything a hunter does.
Best after: Welcome & Why the Piedmont
Lessons
6 lessons in this module · 90 across the path
- Anatomy of a Whitetail Skeleton and organs as the foundation for ethical shot placement.
- Deer Senses (Smell, Hearing, Vision) The nose, ears, and motion-sensitive eyes that defeat careless hunters.
- Doe Behavior & Family Groups Social structure of does/fawns and how it drives the whole herd.
- Antler Growth & Velvet Cycle Photoperiod, testosterone, and the annual antler cycle.
- Estrus & The Breeding Cycle When SC Piedmont does breed and why it sets up the rut.
- Aging Deer on the Hoof Reading body shape and behavior to judge age and inform harvest choices.