Ep. 511: What Deer DNA Reveals About Which Bucks Breed w/ Dr. Steve Ditchkoff

East Meets West Hunt by Beau Martonik

Sep 29, 2026128:02Health

Beau Martonik sits down with Dr. Steve Ditchkoff at Auburn University, where he has run the deer lab for about 25 years and has been studying deer for roughly 35. He did not grow up hunting deer. His father quit about th...

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