Texas Fauna Project

White-tailed Deer

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Dave Hewitt is a wildlife biologist who serves as Executive Director of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville, Texas, and who has long been involved in white-tailed deer research. Here he tells the story of Caesar Kleberg, who helped run the King Ranch from 1900 through 1946, and who was also an early leader in recognizing the national decline of deer, and the need to restore them through hunting restrictions and relocation efforts.