BSK
Well-Known Member
Don't know how many will find this interesting, but some will. As I've mentioned previously, I'm running a research project looking at buck behavior at scrapes using video trail-cameras. I have years and years of still camera pictures at scrapes, but still images often don't collect good data on behavior, so I'm limiting my research to only the three years of video data I have.
After three years, here's the percent of bucks that display particular behaviors when encountering a scrape, by age (from 643 video scrape visits):
Work the overhanging limb
Yearlings: 78.1%
Middle-aged (2 1/2 and 3 1/2): 87.2%
Mature (4 1/2+): 95.7%
Open the scrape (paw the scrape free of leaves):
Yearlings: 11.0%
Middle-aged: 34.5%
Mature: 55.7%
After three years, here's the percent of bucks that display particular behaviors when encountering a scrape, by age (from 643 video scrape visits):
Work the overhanging limb
Yearlings: 78.1%
Middle-aged (2 1/2 and 3 1/2): 87.2%
Mature (4 1/2+): 95.7%
Open the scrape (paw the scrape free of leaves):
Yearlings: 11.0%
Middle-aged: 34.5%
Mature: 55.7%