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Ski: How much does hunting pressure drive bucks nocturnal?
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5811004" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>No hard data, but anecdotally, I did notice something interesting this year. For quite some time we <strong>hammered</strong> the does. It didn't take long before does were afraid to show their faces in daylight. We noticed a dramatic reduction in the number of buck-doe chases we were seeing in comparison to the early years, before we were intensively managing. In combination with our high doe harvest practices, the EHD outbreak of 2007 and the "slaughter all deer" policy on a neighboring Refuge dropped our doe populations to crazy low levels. In fact, in 2019, I caught exactly ONE buck-doe chase on camera. We stopped shooting does altogether, the Refuge ended it deer slaughter program, and we created a massive amount of cover habitat. This has produced a major rebound in doe numbers. But what we've noticed linked to that is the sudden increases in buck-doe chases we are seeing. We no longer bother does as they feed in food plots, and the bucks are coming there to chase them around. In 2020 through 2022 I was catching 30-40 chases on cam per season. This year, in 2023, I caught an amazing 80 chases on cam. I never thought I would see anything like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5811004, member: 17"] No hard data, but anecdotally, I did notice something interesting this year. For quite some time we [B]hammered[/B] the does. It didn't take long before does were afraid to show their faces in daylight. We noticed a dramatic reduction in the number of buck-doe chases we were seeing in comparison to the early years, before we were intensively managing. In combination with our high doe harvest practices, the EHD outbreak of 2007 and the "slaughter all deer" policy on a neighboring Refuge dropped our doe populations to crazy low levels. In fact, in 2019, I caught exactly ONE buck-doe chase on camera. We stopped shooting does altogether, the Refuge ended it deer slaughter program, and we created a massive amount of cover habitat. This has produced a major rebound in doe numbers. But what we've noticed linked to that is the sudden increases in buck-doe chases we are seeing. We no longer bother does as they feed in food plots, and the bucks are coming there to chase them around. In 2020 through 2022 I was catching 30-40 chases on cam per season. This year, in 2023, I caught an amazing 80 chases on cam. I never thought I would see anything like that. [/QUOTE]
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