306 Dr. Grant Woods: Whitetail Deer Biology and Behavior – BBR Evergreen Series

Original Air Date 2013

RE-release Date 2025

In this Evergreen Edition, host Jay Scott Ammann revisits one of the Big Buck Registry's most informative and enduring conversations — a deep dive with wildlife biologist Dr. Grant Woods, recorded in 2013. This remastered episode brings the original clarity of Grant's insights back to the front, exploring how science, observation, and respect for deer behavior shape ethical, effective hunting.

From deer vision and scent control to rut timing, habitat work, and trail camera use, Dr. Woods explains what decades of study have revealed about how whitetails perceive their world — and how hunters can use that knowledge responsibly.

🎧 Key Topics Covered Grant's early research on deer scrape behavior and communication

How those studies led to modern trail-camera strategies

The truth about deer vision: what colors they actually see

The science behind moon phases and rut timing

Why fear, not food, drives most deer movement

Dr. Woods' scent-control discipline and low-impact hunting access

Building better food plots and habitat on The Proving Grounds

Managing deer congregation and disease risk