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Odd trail-camera data
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5588614" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>You've got a doe infestation. A property can only support so many mouths, and does/fawns naturally get priority preference of habitat. Pregnant does require lots of nutrition. Fawns require lots of cover. Your property has the lion's share of both in your neighborhood, so logically your property will eventually have the lion's share of does & fawns if not already. I'd say that is what you're beginning to see unfold. With every doe fawn born, a buck leaves. With every new doe who moves in, a buck leaves. Eventually you'll be lucky to see a 2.5yr+ buck at all because the girls chase away yearlings and up. It happens pretty fast and is exponential. I think you're seeing it exaggerated this year because of the lack of natural food as result of late frost & drought leading into it, so there's a stronger than usual gravitation to your place/plots. Problem is they'll stay and give birth to more does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5588614, member: 20583"] You've got a doe infestation. A property can only support so many mouths, and does/fawns naturally get priority preference of habitat. Pregnant does require lots of nutrition. Fawns require lots of cover. Your property has the lion's share of both in your neighborhood, so logically your property will eventually have the lion's share of does & fawns if not already. I'd say that is what you're beginning to see unfold. With every doe fawn born, a buck leaves. With every new doe who moves in, a buck leaves. Eventually you'll be lucky to see a 2.5yr+ buck at all because the girls chase away yearlings and up. It happens pretty fast and is exponential. I think you're seeing it exaggerated this year because of the lack of natural food as result of late frost & drought leading into it, so there's a stronger than usual gravitation to your place/plots. Problem is they'll stay and give birth to more does. [/QUOTE]
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