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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5506736" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>If this is the case with whitetails, and I suspect it is, that would explain the "pattern" of the ritualistic chase sequence between buck and doe. A buck can probably smell that a doe has ovulated and begins to pursue her. She, at first, runs scared from the buck because she is not biologically receptive yet. But as time passes (a day or so) she slows down and the "chase" becomes more of what many of us hunters consider the true estrus chase: the doe trots ahead, stops and checks to make sure the buck is right behind her, and the buck follows slowly trotting along behind, head down and grunting.</p><p></p><p>Nature eventually works out everything. It is assumed the "chase phase" of estrus - by chasing all over the countryside for 24-48 hours - is Nature's way of ensuring the maximum number of bucks in the area know about the doe's impending readiness to breed. This allows many bucks to compete for her attention, ensuring the "fittest" most dominant buck eventually breeds her (although it can also mean she eventually gets bred by multiple bucks). Some research also suggests there is some mate selection by does, in that females may visually choose one buck over another. The criteria for their choice is unknown.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5506736, member: 17"] If this is the case with whitetails, and I suspect it is, that would explain the "pattern" of the ritualistic chase sequence between buck and doe. A buck can probably smell that a doe has ovulated and begins to pursue her. She, at first, runs scared from the buck because she is not biologically receptive yet. But as time passes (a day or so) she slows down and the "chase" becomes more of what many of us hunters consider the true estrus chase: the doe trots ahead, stops and checks to make sure the buck is right behind her, and the buck follows slowly trotting along behind, head down and grunting. Nature eventually works out everything. It is assumed the "chase phase" of estrus - by chasing all over the countryside for 24-48 hours - is Nature's way of ensuring the maximum number of bucks in the area know about the doe's impending readiness to breed. This allows many bucks to compete for her attention, ensuring the "fittest" most dominant buck eventually breeds her (although it can also mean she eventually gets bred by multiple bucks). Some research also suggests there is some mate selection by does, in that females may visually choose one buck over another. The criteria for their choice is unknown. [/QUOTE]
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