Agrilife Extension Service (Texas A&M System) QuailMasters Graduation Photo: King Ranch October 27, 2009 QuailMasters is a joint presentation of Texas Wildlife Association and Agrilife Extension Service (Texas A&M System).
Bighorn Chris Gill on Predator Removals Dear Family and Friends, as Savory says, we almost always achieve our short-term goals but often at terrible unintended long-term cost.
Mule Deer Steve Nelle on Predator Removals Steve Nelle is a wildlife biologist with the NRCS. He is one of the most respected range and wildlife scientists in West Texas.
Chris Gill's Response to the Mule Deer Working Group Chris Gill to Authors And Sponsors of Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer In September 2009, I was in Department headquarters in Austin, when I ran into one of the Authors of Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer.
Desert Mule Deer Authors of Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer Below is a list of collaborators on policy and research document regarding Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer
Chris Gill and Ken Yeomans Keyline Treatment of Headcuts A central concept of Keyline-pattern subsoiling is plowing downwards in valley-forms and upwards on ridge-forms.
doing what works Doing What Works: Range Magazine Here is the summary of two years of correspondence with the Mule Deer Working Group, my futile attempt to get them to change the sloppy-science-based range advice which so harms desert habitats and wildlife.
circle ranch Don Frantzen on Predator Removals Don Frantzen is a highly-experienced manager of deer herds. We have been friends for twenty-five years.
Grazing Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer This document was amended in 2009. It is dated 2006, but contains, for example, references to the Briske, et al. paper published in 2008.
Elk Removals Aoudad at Two Section, August 2009. This is an Aoudad, or Barbary Sheep. 900 of these animals have been shot at Big Bend Park, from helicopters, by members of Texas Parks and Wildlife
Predator Removals Cougar at Two Section, July 2009 The policy to treat these as vermin is a huge mistake.
Predator Removals Eagle at Two Section, July, 2009 This immature Golden Eagle was flying along the east escarpment.
habitat restoration Keyline Concepts for Subsoiling Always plow valleys downwards and ridges upwards. This is the heart of Keyline subsoiling and the major unrecognized aspect of contouring which can actually cause erosion to increase.
Grazing Steve Nelle to Mule Deer Working Group June 2009 Steve Nelle is one of the leading NRCS scientists practicing today.
Dr. David Briske Chris Gill to Dr. David Briske I had already read the Briske paper and realized that it tested Short Duration Grazing systems and not planned grazing.
Chris Gill's Response to the Mule Deer Working Group Chris Gill's Response to the Mule Deer Working Group Regarding Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer Advice Against Planned Grazing Rather than send a long, separate response, I decided to try an interlined response, dealing with these points one at a time.
Grazing Of Mule Deer and Paradigms I wrote this for Holistic Management International’s semi-monthly publication In Practice, discussing the Mule Deer Working Group’s unwillingness to amend its conclusions which misstated the scientific basis for their advice against planned grazing.
Grazing Mule Deer Working Group Response to Chris Gill This is the response I received from Dr. Heffelfinger on behalf of the Authors and Sponsors of Habitat Guidelines for Mule Deer.
Elk Removals A Study of Elk Movements in The Glass Mountains This recent study shows that elk are very mobile.
Predator Removals Predator Grand Slam, October 2008 Coyote, fox, bobcat and cougar. Middle Well. These look really cool, but guess what was nesting in the trees directly above
Circle Ranch Cave Dwelling This large cave is about 80′ x 80′, head-height, and was used by indians for thousands of years.
Elk Removals Big Bend Ranch State Park Bighorn Sheep Restoration Plan The document below was provided to Circle Ranch by the Texas Department of Wildlife in August, 2008 in response to concerns about the culling of elk in the vicinity of our ranch.
Quail & Wildlife Waterers Sierra Diablo WMA Waterer, June 2008 We advocate water additions. Here is one which will not help quail.
