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Does removing an old buck improve retention?
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<blockquote data-quote="BHC" data-source="post: 3698511" data-attributes="member: 10391"><p><strong>Re: Does removeing an old buck improve retention?</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm not really sure where your going here. But for our property, I do believe we've improved age structure and buck doe ratio. What I see I most deer stay no matter the case. I have trail cam video of 3 yr olds fighting 6 yr olds in scrapes... However it is very easy to identify the most dominant buck in the heard with cameras deer step to the side when he approaches, and he always holds his head a little higher. I do not see this territorial type behavior tho.. They all know there place in the hierarchy. Sometimes a lower ranking buck may challenge a more dominant buck, however I don't believe they push each other out of the area. For instance I have a particular video of a 3 yr 8pt fighting a known 5-6 yr old very dominant buck. This video was at a scrape in 2012, that particular dominant buck was killed, and the next yr I was getting that same buck now 4 yrs old in the same scrape... Along with other deer.. I feel that they have a social status that generally improves over time, but they know that status and accept it. Sometimes they may attempt to improve it. But don't pack up and leave when they can't...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BHC, post: 3698511, member: 10391"] [b]Re: Does removeing an old buck improve retention?[/b] I'm not really sure where your going here. But for our property, I do believe we've improved age structure and buck doe ratio. What I see I most deer stay no matter the case. I have trail cam video of 3 yr olds fighting 6 yr olds in scrapes... However it is very easy to identify the most dominant buck in the heard with cameras deer step to the side when he approaches, and he always holds his head a little higher. I do not see this territorial type behavior tho.. They all know there place in the hierarchy. Sometimes a lower ranking buck may challenge a more dominant buck, however I don't believe they push each other out of the area. For instance I have a particular video of a 3 yr 8pt fighting a known 5-6 yr old very dominant buck. This video was at a scrape in 2012, that particular dominant buck was killed, and the next yr I was getting that same buck now 4 yrs old in the same scrape... Along with other deer.. I feel that they have a social status that generally improves over time, but they know that status and accept it. Sometimes they may attempt to improve it. But don't pack up and leave when they can't... [/QUOTE]
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