Were is everyone getting their numbers. I come up with 5,583 less bucks killed this year to date. 2014-15 year to date 94,856 bucks killed, 2015-16 year to date 89,273 bucks killed year to date. as of 1-5-16
I ran up on a doe giving birth June 12th and another on June 14th that two fawns that were still wet and could not walk. That put the conception dates for then around Nov. 23 and Nov. 25.
I think your way over thinking it.
Where I hunt most mature bucks die by a bullet, and they are killed by young and old, and all skill levels. Out of the dozens of mature bucks that I have caught on trail cams the last 9 years, I can count on both hands the bucks that I can not account for...