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3 vs 4 year olds and older
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 3536728" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I agree strongly with all of this except the "big jump in antler growth" part. On average, the increase in antler growth from 3 to 4 is around 15%. But the increase in wariness, human avoidance, and difficulty of seeing/killing is HUGE. 4 1/2 year-old bucks are so different in their behavior from younger deer that they can almost be considered a different species.</p><p></p><p>One of the biggest changes in behavior from 3 to 4 is the shift to almost exclusively nocturnal behavior. Most mature bucks move very little during daylight, even outside of hunting season. I get very few daylight trail-camera pictures of mature bucks outside of two windows: mid to late September, and during the cruising phase of the rut (the week to 10 days prior to the onset of peak breeding).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 3536728, member: 17"] I agree strongly with all of this except the "big jump in antler growth" part. On average, the increase in antler growth from 3 to 4 is around 15%. But the increase in wariness, human avoidance, and difficulty of seeing/killing is HUGE. 4 1/2 year-old bucks are so different in their behavior from younger deer that they can almost be considered a different species. One of the biggest changes in behavior from 3 to 4 is the shift to almost exclusively nocturnal behavior. Most mature bucks move very little during daylight, even outside of hunting season. I get very few daylight trail-camera pictures of mature bucks outside of two windows: mid to late September, and during the cruising phase of the rut (the week to 10 days prior to the onset of peak breeding). [/QUOTE]
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