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I've seen fawns come around to check out a buck but never seen a rack buck seemingly travel with fawns. I'm unfamiliar with this buck, first time seeing him and he shows up like a momma with twin fawns. He showed up with them, hit mineral for several minutes, then left with them. They followed him like little ducklings. He has returned since hanging out with another buck, no more fawns. Just thought it was strange that he was "babysitting" the kids lol.

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I catch older bucks at salt licks or corn piles as the same time as a fawn, but they're never travelling together. Just a chance meeting.

But the weird one I've seen a couple of times over the last few years - that I had never seen before - was an adult doe travelling with a small bachelor group of 2-4 older bucks. And she is with them every time the bucks come to the bait. I've seen this on three different properties in different regions of the state over the last couple of years. No idea what the social dynamics of that are.
 
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backyardtndeer said:
Just there together by chance. Have gotten similar when I used to run minerals.
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I've been running cams for many, many years and have seen fawns just happen to be at a mineral site with a buck. Same with does. But this was not that. These fawns followed him like puppies to the mineral, waited for him to finish, then followed him away. No other deer but them. And he didn't mind or seem to act like anything was abnormal. Like I said it's first time I ever seen anything like it before.
 
Ski said:
I've been running cams for many, many years and have seen fawns just happen to be at a mineral site with a buck. Same with does. But this was not that. These fawns followed him like puppies to the mineral, waited for him to finish, then followed him away. No other deer but them. And he didn't mind or seem to act like anything was abnormal. Like I said it's first time I ever seen anything like it before.
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The really interesting social dynamic I witness regularly on camera is between older bucks and fawns. Adult does often display some social tension with older bucks, in that one will try to chase the other off a bait site (food or salt or both). Yet when it comes to older bucks and fawns, there appears to be no social dominance conflicts. Very common to see fawns walk right up to older bucks, even mature bucks, and physically interact with them (touch noses, etc.). No conflicts. Odd.
 
BSK said:
The really interesting social dynamic I witness regularly on camera is between older bucks and fawns. Adult does often display some social tension with older bucks, in that one will try to chase the other off a bait site (food or salt or both). Yet when it comes to older bucks and fawns, there appears to be no social dominance conflicts. Very common to see fawns walk right up to older bucks, even mature bucks, and physically interact with them (touch noses, etc.). No conflicts. Odd.
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I've seen the same. Never knew if they tolerated the fawns just because they were no threat or because they were his.

This interaction was different. They visibly were moving together as a group with the fawns hanging close to the buck like puppies. He very well could have been just tolerating their presence as he largely ignored them. It was the fawns hugging close to him and him obviously allowing it that I found odd.
 

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