Whitetail Secrets: Bachelor Life

For more than 50 years, Susan Lindsley has observed, photographed and recorded whitetail deer behaviors. The companion books, WHITETAIL SECRETS: Family Life and Bachelor Life reveal many of the not-well-known activities she has photographed. er books chronical She has chronicled the growth of antlers of bucks in the wild, photographed the changes over the year in bucks’ scrotum and testicles, captured bucks masturbating, and photographed deer stalking their arch enemy the coyote.

Georgia’s and the nation’s top deer experts have praised these companion books: Dr. Karl V. Miller, referred to as Georgia’s deer god; Peter Fiduccia, known as America’s Deer Doctor, and leaders in the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Georgia Wildlife Federation.

Lindsley presents an inside look at all phases of life for deer in the wild: Some deer dance with joy; many compete for food and romance; family traits are passed through generations; antler patterns persist over years; summer friendships often fail in the autumn; death is usually not an easy end.