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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5408462" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>I've got a property in Ohio like that. It's mature hardwoods hills & hollers surrounded 3 sides by 10,000 acres of state forest mature hardwoods hills & hollers. Unlike farm country where deer set up home in whatever cover is available, deer density in big woods is pretty low and they are nomadic. I've come to expect a 6-7yr ish cycle where my place is almost exclusively home to does, then progressively fades toward bucks until it's a virtual bachelor pad, then the pendulum swings again. I have no idea why it happens but I recognize that it happens and have adapted my hunts accordingly. </p><p></p><p>This summer is peaking with does. I've only caught one 2yr old buck on cam and only once in July. What few other bucks I've caught were buttons or spikes and they play second fiddle to the momma does. Three years ago I had almost zero does but bucks of every age structure and plenty of them. That was a great year for early season hunting because the bucks lived there. But this year I'm not going to climb a stand until mid October at the earliest, because I know from history that's when the mature bucks begin trolling around the property. In 2024 it'll be noticeably shifting the other way again and in 2025 I expect a bachelor pad again. </p><p></p><p>I have absolutely no idea why this long term shifty pattern cycle happens but it does. My brother has a property 30mi away that works about the same way. I don't know if that's what you're experiencing or not, but sure sounds like it could be, especially if you're in a big woods setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5408462, member: 20583"] I've got a property in Ohio like that. It's mature hardwoods hills & hollers surrounded 3 sides by 10,000 acres of state forest mature hardwoods hills & hollers. Unlike farm country where deer set up home in whatever cover is available, deer density in big woods is pretty low and they are nomadic. I've come to expect a 6-7yr ish cycle where my place is almost exclusively home to does, then progressively fades toward bucks until it's a virtual bachelor pad, then the pendulum swings again. I have no idea why it happens but I recognize that it happens and have adapted my hunts accordingly. This summer is peaking with does. I've only caught one 2yr old buck on cam and only once in July. What few other bucks I've caught were buttons or spikes and they play second fiddle to the momma does. Three years ago I had almost zero does but bucks of every age structure and plenty of them. That was a great year for early season hunting because the bucks lived there. But this year I'm not going to climb a stand until mid October at the earliest, because I know from history that's when the mature bucks begin trolling around the property. In 2024 it'll be noticeably shifting the other way again and in 2025 I expect a bachelor pad again. I have absolutely no idea why this long term shifty pattern cycle happens but it does. My brother has a property 30mi away that works about the same way. I don't know if that's what you're experiencing or not, but sure sounds like it could be, especially if you're in a big woods setting. [/QUOTE]
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