Warmth hinders deer research

University of Wisconsin deer researchers can only hope for cold temperatures and more snow in order to net and collar white-tailed deer, particularly bucks. Amanda Puype, a limited-term employee with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, displayed two neck collars she and other members of a capture team affix to deer necks. Aside from a couple weeks of snow and cold, netting has been frustrating, she said. The deer keep finding, and liking, natural stuff better than shelled corn and apples. I wondered if they’d thought of arbor vitae branches. Those seem to be deer candy regardless of where the evergreen tree or shrub is planted.