“They sounded like weak things compared with my list; I kept my thoughts to myself.”

October 25, 2014 Chapter 12 …and then the sub said, “Here’s another,” and moved on to somebody else’s list, which consisted of actual occupations, things you might really become out there in the world once you got out of school. They sounded like weak things compared with my list; I kept my thoughts to myself. All Excerpts From Darnielle, John. “Wolf in White Van.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Available in iBooks Store

"like a surgeon putting an X on the wrong leg…"

October 25, 2014 Chapter 16 …like a surgeon putting an X on the wrong leg just before somebody fires up the saw. All Excerpts From Darnielle, John. “Wolf in White Van.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Available in iBooks Store

“But I cleaned and culled and thinned, and things lose meaning over time.”

October 25, 2014 Chapter 16 But I cleaned and culled and thinned, and things lose meaning over time. All Excerpts From Darnielle, John. “Wolf in White Van.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Available in iBooks Store

“I loved it; nobody I knew listened to stuff like this.”

October 25, 2014 Chapter 17 I loved it; nobody I knew listened to stuff like this. All Excerpts From Darnielle, John. “Wolf in White Van.” Farrar, Straus and Giroux. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright. Available in iBooks Store

Never thought I'd read this phrase: "Urine collection on this scale"

October 8, 2014 Chapter 2: Inside America’s Deer-Industrial Complex Urine collection on this scale involves rows of indoor pens whose slotted floors are drained by highly specialized plumbing. Raising deer primarily for their hormone- and pheromone-laced urine, and only secondarily for meat, antlers, or release at high-fence hunting preserves, has quietly become a multimillion-dollar industry. All Excerpts From Cambronne, Al. “Deerland: America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness.” Lyons Press, 2013-04-02. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

Bucks use trees as social media

October 6, 2014 Chapter 1: Darwin’s Deer Every fall, bucks attack the trunks of small trees they’ve chosen as sparring partners. By thrashing their antlers against the tree and rubbing off large patches of bark, they strengthen their neck muscles in preparation for any actual combat that could ensue later. Besides actually rubbing the spot with their antlers, bucks slide their preorbital glands against the exposed wood, lick and chew the tattered shreds of bark, and then check back every now and then to see who else is doing the same. All Excerpts From Cambronne, Al. “Deerland: America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness.” Lyons Press, 2013-04-02. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

"urinate on their ankles, rub them together, and mark their territory with every step"

October 6, 2014 Chapter 1: Darwin’s Deer They urinate on their ankles, rub them together, and mark their territory with every step they take. All Excerpts From Cambronne, Al. “Deerland: America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness.” Lyons Press, 2013-04-02. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

"even pampered suburban deer rarely live to be more than three or four years old"

October 6, 2014 Chapter 1: Darwin’s Deer Hunters. Predators. Motor vehicles. Long, cold winters or long, hot summers. Diseases, parasites, and prions. Random mishaps. For all these reasons, and generally in about that order, even pampered suburban deer rarely live to be more than three or four years old. Once deer are deceased (or subdued and anesthetized), biologists can age them fairly precisely by examining the wear on their teeth. By the time deer are about ten years old, their teeth are worn to the gum line. If the resulting nutritional deficiencies don’t lead to outright starvation, they leave the animal more vulnerable to cold, heat, diseases, parasites, and predators. All Excerpts From Cambronne, Al. “Deerland: America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness.” Lyons Press, 2013-04-02. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

Cattle graze; deer browse:

October 5, 2014 Chapter 1: Darwin’s Deer Cattle graze; deer browse. If you look closely, you can see it in their faces. Cows have broad lawnmower noses, wide jaws, and a mouthful of teeth shaped for scissored, side-to-side grinding. Although moose and caribou share some of these same facial features, deer have long, slender noses and narrow jaws that end almost in a point. All Excerpts From Cambronne, Al. “Deerland: America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness.” Lyons Press, 2013-04-02. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.