Alabama biologists use data collection and scientific modeling to estimate wild turkey population trends across the state.

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources estimates the deer herd using hunter harvest data and indirect methods.

Alabama buck antler shedding timelines, nutrition, age, and testosterone hormone changes explain when deer drop their racks.

Deer meat yield from an Alabama buck relies on live weight, dressed weight, and boned-out weight percentages of the harvest.

Alabama deer vehicle collisions present serious safety hazards driven by a large white-tailed deer population and human expansion.

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease is a natural viral infection causing fever, swelling, and mortality in Alabama white-tailed deer populations.

Alabama Chronic Wasting Disease prevalence data reveals localized concentrations primarily in Lauderdale and Colbert counties within the high-risk zone.

Chronic Wasting Disease in Alabama deer and why new cases cause alarm for biologists tracking prion transmission in Lauderdale County.

Chronic Wasting Disease cases detected in Alabama since 2022 reveal how abnormal proteins attack deer brains in Lauderdale County.

Lauderdale County recorded Alabama’s first Chronic Wasting Disease case in February 2022, prompting new state management regulations.