Pestering or real chasing?I'm seeing a ton of daylight chasing.
I've seen a couple of chases on video that look like the "real deal," but the majority of does are still running scared. I'm also not seeing the behavior of does I expect to see just as they come into estrus. Over the years I've been running video on my trail-cameras, I've noticed that about 5 days before does really going into estrus, they will switch their attention at scrapes from the over-hanging limb to the scrape itself. All of sudden does are at scrapes with their noses buried in the scrape itself. They will stand for several minutes, sniffing and tasting the dirt of the scrape. This is a sure sign estrus is about to happen in a few days. I have not seen that behavior much yet.Pestering or real chasing?
I had pics 3 days ago of what appeared to be a doe in estrous, being followed/chased by a fully mature buck. But have mostly just been seeing pestering by younger bucks.
With this one adult doe, she had the behavior of a doe in estrous being followed. The fact there was a mature buck doing the following, leads me to believe she came into estrous early.I'm also not seeing the behavior of does I expect to see just as they come into estrus.
I've seen a couple of chases on video that look like the "real deal," but the majority of does are still running scared. I'm also not seeing the behavior of does I expect to see just as they come into estrus. Over the years I've been running video on my trail-cameras, I've noticed that about 5 days before does really going into estrus, they will switch their attention at scrapes from the over-hanging limb to the scrape itself. All of sudden does are at scrapes with their noses buried in the scrape itself. They will stand for several minutes, sniffing and tasting the dirt of the scrape. This is a sure sign estrus is about to happen in a few days. I have not seen that behavior much yet.
Yesterday, nose in the scrapeI've seen a couple of chases on video that look like the "real deal," but the majority of does are still running scared. I'm also not seeing the behavior of does I expect to see just as they come into estrus. Over the years I've been running video on my trail-cameras, I've noticed that about 5 days before does really going into estrus, they will switch their attention at scrapes from the over-hanging limb to the scrape itself. All of sudden does are at scrapes with their noses buried in the scrape itself. They will stand for several minutes, sniffing and tasting the dirt of the scrape. This is a sure sign estrus is about to happen in a few days. I have not seen that behavior much yet.
Does had their faces buried in the scrapes stating the 5th of my place. Right on schedule for a peak breeding starting the 10th.Yesterday, nose in the scrape