BSK
Well-Known Member
For some reason, the annual range-shift many deer in my area display is delayed. Normally, bucks break up from the their bachelor groups at velvet shedding and head for their fall range. I usually start picking up a flood of these "new" bucks in mid-September. But so far, nothing. Acorn drop and the harvesting of nearby cropland also drives deer into the hills. Acorns are falling now, but crops are only just starting to be cut (saw first combine running yesterday). What's worse is the acorns have the deer off the food plots, so it's hard to get a good photo census.
But the one positive is the number of does and fawns this year. WAY up over previous years. That certainly can't hurt come the rut.
But the one positive is the number of does and fawns this year. WAY up over previous years. That certainly can't hurt come the rut.