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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 406562" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>In both your situations, I suspect what you are seeing is doe domination of the best resources. Surprisingly, does are dominant over bucks when it comes to habitat utlization. This is Nature's way, as the does are the young producers and raisers. A deer population can survive if there are few bucks, but can be in serious trouble if the young producers struggle. For survival of the species reasons, doe social groups will literally force bucks off of preferred food sources and out of the best cover habitat. Bucks will then move across the area during the rut to access the does, but the property isn't their permanent stomping grounds.</p><p></p><p>As more and more hunters and managers improve the habitat of their hunting properties, I hear them wondering why their summer buck population is decreasing and the summer doe population increasing. Yet conditions during the rut are fine. I do believe by improving the habitat of one "pocket" area, outside of the rut, bucks are being forced away from these better pockets by doe dominantion of the best resources.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 406562, member: 17"] In both your situations, I suspect what you are seeing is doe domination of the best resources. Surprisingly, does are dominant over bucks when it comes to habitat utlization. This is Nature's way, as the does are the young producers and raisers. A deer population can survive if there are few bucks, but can be in serious trouble if the young producers struggle. For survival of the species reasons, doe social groups will literally force bucks off of preferred food sources and out of the best cover habitat. Bucks will then move across the area during the rut to access the does, but the property isn't their permanent stomping grounds. As more and more hunters and managers improve the habitat of their hunting properties, I hear them wondering why their summer buck population is decreasing and the summer doe population increasing. Yet conditions during the rut are fine. I do believe by improving the habitat of one "pocket" area, outside of the rut, bucks are being forced away from these better pockets by doe dominantion of the best resources. [/QUOTE]
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