Leonard Lee Rue - Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about Americas Most Popular Big Game Animal

Additional Praise for Whitetail Savvy

If it is indeed true that we Only conserve what we love Love only what we understand And understand only what we are taught, then Dr. Leonard Rue, by his photography and writings, has done much to greatly advance the conservation of the white-tailed deer with yet another great treatise on this magnificent game animal. Whitetail Savvy is a must-read for the serious student of deer.

Robert W. Duncan
Executive Director, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Leonard Lee Rue III has been observing and photographing whitetails longer than most of us have lived. An award-winning writer, photographer, and educator, his books represent thousands of days spent watching deer. Leonard has seen it all, and in this beautiful book, he intricately ties it together for hunters and nonhunters alike. If you enjoy whitetails, this readable treasure is a must. The scientific and observational information is extremely interesting, and the accompanying photos are what you expect from Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III.

Dr. Dave Samuel
Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Management, West Virginia University

If theres one person who has changed the way modern American hunters understand whitetails, its Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III. He can not only be credited for his landmark insights on deer behavior, he pioneered such research when he became a private land wildlife manager more than fifty years ago. Rues work, Whitetail Savvy , should be on every hunters nightstand. The insights contained here are priceless for anyone who wants to truly know what makes deer tick.

Daniel E. Schmidt
Editor in Chief, Deer and Deer Hunting magazine

Im almost lost for words when I try to describe the overwhelming accomplishments of Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III. For more than twenty-five years, I have been a student of his highly acclaimed whitetail deer research. Deer hunters and wildlife professionals will find Rues book Whitetail Savvy to be the best and most commanding volume ever published about the ways of the whitetail. Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III is truly an encyclopedia of knowledge!

Denny Quaiff
Senior Editor, Whitetail Times magazine

No one alive knows more about the white-tailed deer than Lennie Rue. Whitetail Savvy is an incredible book and destined to be Rues finest work. Its an awesome read with awesome photos. If you admire whitetails, this is the book for you.

Charles Alsheimer
Deer and Deer Hunting magazine

Dr. Leonard Lee Rue has a thorough understanding of white-tailed deer through decades of observation and study. When coupled with his soft-science writing style and superb photography the result is a technically accurate and fascinating chronicle of the whitetails life history. Everyone interested in wildlife will find this book an intriguing readeven professional wildlife researchers and managers will benefit from the authoritative text.

John J. Ozoga
Wildlife Research Biologist, Michigan DNR (Ret.)

As someone who has spent forty years as a research scientist and manager of white-tailed deer, I was amazed and delighted at the completeness and how this book is backed up by scientific literature. Leonard Lee Rue III presents a new look at this amazing animal that only someone who has spent a lifetime observing deer could convey. This book should be in everyone who loves natures library, as well as a must for every deer hunter. Absolutely Leonards best work!

Harry A. Jacobson, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University

Copyright 2013, 2017 by Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III

Foreword to the Paperback Edition copyright 2017 by Charles J. Alsheimer

Foreword copyright 2013 by Dr. Larry Marchinton

Photographs copyright 2013 by Lennie and Uschi Rue III / Rue Wildlife Photos, unless otherwise noted.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Rue, Leonard Lee, III

Whitetail savvy : new research and observations about Americas most popular big game animal / Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-62087-648-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. White-tailed deer. I. Title.

QL737.U55 R844 2013

599.65/2--dc23

Cover design by Tom Lau

Cover photograph credit: Lennie and Uschi Rue III/Rue Wildlife Photos

Paperback ISBN: 978-1-5107-1741-1

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-62636-531-5

Printed in China

Dr. Leonard Lee Rue III

Naturalist, Wildlife Photographer, Author, and Lecturer

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Dr. Rue sold his first photograph in 1949 when he was nineteen years old and later went on to become the most published wildlife photographer in North America. He has over 1,800 magazine covers to his credit and has taken over one million still photographs. He has produced over two and a half million black-and-white photographs, and his work has been published in every major nature magazine, and most minor ones, in the country. His photographs are used in magazines, books, calendars, and advertisements, as well as for fine art prints, posters, puzzles, T-shirts, clocks, cups, caps, brochures, etc.

In 1989, in addition to doing still photography, Dr. Rue expanded his photographic knowledge and expertise into the field of videography. Dr. Rue and his wife, Ursula, operate Rue Wildlife Photos, a digital stock image library, and Leonard Rue Video, a stock footage library, which contains over 3,000 hours of broadcast quality Beta SP and DVCAM video footage and 1,300 species of wildlife, nature, and scenics. These are sold to companies and corporate producers for television programs and educational and advertising purposes, as well as being used in his own productions. To date he has produced twenty-three educational and instructional videos, including Basic Wildlife Photography, An Eye On Nature, The White-tailed Deer, Birds of the Dooryard, Wolves and How They Live , and a series on the Lenape Indians.

Dr. Rue wrote his first newspaper column when he was twenty-one and has since written over 1,500 columns for publications. He currently writes columns for Deer & Deer Hunting and Whitetail Times magazines.

As an author, Dr. Rue has twenty-nine published volumes that have sold over five million copies and has coauthored an additional seven books.

Repeatedly cited and honored with awards by the New Jersey Association of Teachers of English for literary excellence, Dr. Rue is a charter member of New Jerseys Literary Hall of Fame. He has also received the following awards: