Glossary
The following is a glossary of common terms related to deer hunting, deer biology, and deer habitat management. Click on any of the terms listed below to view a definition of the term.
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A
abnormal antler point
abomasum
acre
albinism
annual
antler
antler point
antler spread
B
bark scar
basal area
best management practices
biennial
Biltmore stick
blaze
blaze and paint
bleat
board foot
board foot volume
boundary line
brassicas
brontosaurus
browse
buck
bucking
burl
button buck
C
cambium
canker
canopy
carrying capacity
chasing phase
chicory
chipper
chronic wasting disease
clearcut
click
clover
coarse woody debris
codominant tree
coniferous
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
cool-season forages
Cooperative Extension
coppice
cord
cost-share program
cover
crop tree
crown
crown thinning
cruise
cultivar
cutting cycle
D
day-lighting
deciduous
deer yard
diameter at breast height (dbh)
diameter limit cut
disk harrow
doe
dominant tree
draw
drip line
E
endochondral ossification
epicormic branching
estrus
even-aged stand
F
fawn
fell
feller-buncher
fibroma
Flehman
fluid seeding
food plot
forage
forbs
forest type
forester
forwarder
frost crack
frost seeding
funnel
G
geotextile fabric
gestation
girdling
grasses
group cut
group selection
grunt
H
habitat
hard edge
hard mast
hardwood
herd
high-grading
horn
hunting food plot
I
improvement cut
innoculate
interdigital gland
intermediate tree
intramembranous ossification
L
landing site
legumes
licking branch
lignin
lime
lip curl
logger
log yard
M
main beam
management plan
mast
mature buck
MBF
melanism
metatarsal gland
multiple-aged stand
N
nitrogen fixation
nitrogen fixer
non-typical antlers
nutritional food plot
O
omasum
P
palatable
patch cut
pedicle
perennial
perfect typical antlers
pH
photoperiod
piebald
pineal gland
plantation
poled ford
pole-sized tree
post-rut
preorbital gland
pre-rut
prescribed burn
pruning
pulpwood
Q
Quality Deer Management
R
regeneration
regeneration cut
residual stand
reticulum
rotation
rub
rub-urination
rumen
ruminant
rut
S
saddle
sawlog
scrape
selection method cutting
selective cut
sex ratio
shade tolerant
shelterwood cut
silviculture
skidder
skid road
skipper
slash
slasher
snag
snort
snort-wheeze
social groups
social hierarchy
soft edge
soft mast
softwood
spike buck
staging area
stand
steward
stewardship
stewardship plan
stockpiling
stone ford
strip cut
stumpage
succession
supplemental feeding
suppressed tree
T
tarsal gland
tending phase
thermoregulation
thinning
throat patch
timber stand improvement (TSI)
traditional deer management
tree crown
Tree Farm
trophy deer management
two-aged stand
typical antlers
U
understory
uneven-aged stand
V
velvet
veneer
W
warm-season forages
water bar
weeding
wintering area
Y
yearling
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