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Strange deer behavior for late October

megalomaniac

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Don't recall ever seeing this in late Oct, but I still have mature bucks grouped up. 1.5yos and 2.5yos now running does like crazy, which is normal for this time of the year on my farms.

Also, not seeing any broken racks. It's like the old guys have called a truce for now.

Pics are from 2 different farms in past 2 days.
 

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I'm seeing the same thing. Bucks are 2-3 weeks behind from last year at this time.
Meanwhile here in SW TN, "some" bucks seem to be very ahead for our area, when we are typically 10-14 days behind middle TN. Of course, the bucks are on their own because does are still grouped up doing their own thing, not studying the bucks, which is normal for this time of year. One buck tonight that is thinking with the wrong head. 😊

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Very, very strange. I'm still getting videos of groups of bucks in food plots feeding and sparring, but the minute a doe shows her face, off they go chasing her. I hardly have a video of a doe group calmly feeding. All I get is zoom, zoom, zoom, bucks chasing does everywhere through the plots and through the woods. And it isn't just the yearlings chasing, it's all the bucks. I have never seen so much chasing this early.

Scraping has exploded. Scrapes everywhere.
 

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