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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5438355" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I always assumed it was a combination of photoperiodism and the weather that drove the influx of new bucks onto my place. However, last year I learned it was an even simpler answer. The influx is driven by the timing of crop harvests on adjoining agricultural land. When the farmers cut the corn - which deer love hiding in - the deer "head for the hills." Normally this process is aided by big acorn crops. However, this year our acorn crop is zero. In bad acorn years, it is our food plots that draw deer. However, this year our food plots are basically zero as well. My only hope is that, once the guns start going off, our superior cover draws deer.</p><p></p><p>Currently, we are not "late" in the total number of bucks that have shown up, but we are definitely behind schedule for the number of older bucks that have shown up. Because of the many years of trail-camera data I have, I can tell you on any given date how many bucks and older bucks we should have picked up on camera. By October 1, on average we should have picked up 14 total bucks. This year, we're at 18, so we're above average. But by Oct. 1 we should have picked up 7 older bucks, but this year we're only at 4. My one ray of hope is that last year at this time we were only at 5 older bucks, but we ended up having a record year for older bucks by the end of the season. Last year, the older bucks absolutely flooded in around Oct. 18.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5438355, member: 17"] I always assumed it was a combination of photoperiodism and the weather that drove the influx of new bucks onto my place. However, last year I learned it was an even simpler answer. The influx is driven by the timing of crop harvests on adjoining agricultural land. When the farmers cut the corn - which deer love hiding in - the deer "head for the hills." Normally this process is aided by big acorn crops. However, this year our acorn crop is zero. In bad acorn years, it is our food plots that draw deer. However, this year our food plots are basically zero as well. My only hope is that, once the guns start going off, our superior cover draws deer. Currently, we are not "late" in the total number of bucks that have shown up, but we are definitely behind schedule for the number of older bucks that have shown up. Because of the many years of trail-camera data I have, I can tell you on any given date how many bucks and older bucks we should have picked up on camera. By October 1, on average we should have picked up 14 total bucks. This year, we're at 18, so we're above average. But by Oct. 1 we should have picked up 7 older bucks, but this year we're only at 4. My one ray of hope is that last year at this time we were only at 5 older bucks, but we ended up having a record year for older bucks by the end of the season. Last year, the older bucks absolutely flooded in around Oct. 18. [/QUOTE]
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