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Hey everyone, over the summer I have gotten pics of two good bucks on my property. One of the bucks is an older 10 point and the other is a younger 8 point. I have some of my cameras set to video in my food plot and although the 10 point is clearly the more mature deer the younger 8 point constantly kicks at him while he eats and runs him out of the food plot while the ten jus lets him do it and I would think that it should be the other way around which has got me worried. As of last week they are still in a big bachelor group but I'm concerned that when they do split and it gets closer to the rut the younger buck is gonna keep the big ten point run off my property. Anyone seen any behavior like this before? Thanks
 
The deer with the biggest rack is not always the most dominant . Individual deer also have different personalities , just like people . Some mature deer will fight and show dominance at even the slightest hint of a threat . While other bucks will shy away from any conflict at all . I have seen deer that will not be around other bucks at all .
 
Thanks for the responses, Ive been told by a couple of guys that it could be because the 8 point is an offspring of the 10 but I thought that idea was pry far fetched, those two bucks have been together all summer long though and as of last weekend they are still together but that should change soon enuf.
 
bowhunter163 said:
The deer with the biggest rack is not always the most dominant . Individual deer also have different personalities , just like people . Some mature deer will fight and show dominance at even the slightest hint of a threat . While other bucks will shy away from any conflict at all . I have seen deer that will not be around other bucks at all .
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^^^^This

Deer are like people, some like to fight and roam, others don't and hang around home.
 
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I don't think he will run him off.. Otherwise you would have only the dominant buck present and no other bucks. I would not worry about it.
 
Biggest rack definitely not always the dominant buck in an area. Its like people and all about the attitude.
 
There is an extremely good chance, both bucks will move. It will depend on the availability of does. Bucks are not territorial. They have no specific area they regard as theirs. They move as food, cover and does dictate. They display dominance over estrous does, not territory. No hot does=both bucks moving, looking.
 
As others have mentioned, bucks are not territorial. They do not establish nor defend a territory. However, they DO establish and defend a social hierarchy (i.e. dominance status). And which buck will become socially dominant is hard to predict. Often social dominance is a factor of age, but not always. Social dominance is usually driven by a combination of 1) body weight; and 2) personal aggressiveness. Some bucks are very aggressive from a young age and some are never aggressive even at advanced ages.

And a second point that Master Chief alluded to that most hunters misinterpret. Social dominance does not mean the dominant buck "runs off" lower social status bucks. If this happened, an area could only hold one buck--the dominant one. Social dominance means that once the social pecking order has been established, all the bucks in the area get along just fine, as long as they recognize the pecking order and socially defer to bucks higher on the social ladder than they are. Trouble only ensues when a "new" buck moves in who has not established his social order, or an established buck suddenly decides he should be higher on the ladder and challenges a higher-ranked buck.
 

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