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Ski: How much does hunting pressure drive bucks nocturnal?
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5810671" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>One of the suspicions I had was that our hunting activity was driving bucks nocturnal, especially the older bucks. So I compiled the percentage of bucks in three age-class groupings as to the percent of trail-cam events that occur during legal hunting hours, by month. Below is the graph showing for October, November, and December what percent of these three age-groupings were picked up on camera during daylight (defined by legal hunting hours). I assumed daylight older buck photo events would decline precipitously in November compared to October due to hunting pressure. However, that is not the case. The percent of middle-aged bucks (those 2 1/2 and 3 1/2) photographed in daylight stay basically the same across the three months. And surprisingly, mature bucks events move more towards daylight with each passing month. THAT was a shocker!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5810671, member: 17"] One of the suspicions I had was that our hunting activity was driving bucks nocturnal, especially the older bucks. So I compiled the percentage of bucks in three age-class groupings as to the percent of trail-cam events that occur during legal hunting hours, by month. Below is the graph showing for October, November, and December what percent of these three age-groupings were picked up on camera during daylight (defined by legal hunting hours). I assumed daylight older buck photo events would decline precipitously in November compared to October due to hunting pressure. However, that is not the case. The percent of middle-aged bucks (those 2 1/2 and 3 1/2) photographed in daylight stay basically the same across the three months. And surprisingly, mature bucks events move more towards daylight with each passing month. THAT was a shocker! [/QUOTE]
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