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Strange deer behavior for late October
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<blockquote data-quote="BigDave12" data-source="post: 5745731" data-attributes="member: 13595"><p>Years ago in SE Georgia, we would see similar things (larger groups of mature bucks still grouped up this late). Around there you could always time the peak of the chasing phase to 5 days either side of Nov 5. I was first getting into management and monitoring at this time but I visibly recall it. Our conclusion was the buck to doe ratio was imbalanced. What we found (thought) was that there were so many does and the mature bucks are pretty smart, that as they started to realize what time of the year it was, they would just hang out together around food sources waiting on groups of does to show. They would continuously be around the same food sources until the does actually started to heat up. Then they would just start breaking up the doe groups and pushing a couple around and stay with that small group (1-3 does) until the peak time. Those same small groups (1 mature buck and 1-3 does together) would show up for a week or so on the same food sources but opposite ends from another similar group. It would stay this was until breeding took place. They would all disappear at that time for about a week. Next thing you know, they start showing up in very small groups again (even 2 mature bucks together) on food sources starting the process again for the 2nd rut. It was like there were so many does that the mature bucks knew they didn't have to compete so they just played it smart and cool</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigDave12, post: 5745731, member: 13595"] Years ago in SE Georgia, we would see similar things (larger groups of mature bucks still grouped up this late). Around there you could always time the peak of the chasing phase to 5 days either side of Nov 5. I was first getting into management and monitoring at this time but I visibly recall it. Our conclusion was the buck to doe ratio was imbalanced. What we found (thought) was that there were so many does and the mature bucks are pretty smart, that as they started to realize what time of the year it was, they would just hang out together around food sources waiting on groups of does to show. They would continuously be around the same food sources until the does actually started to heat up. Then they would just start breaking up the doe groups and pushing a couple around and stay with that small group (1-3 does) until the peak time. Those same small groups (1 mature buck and 1-3 does together) would show up for a week or so on the same food sources but opposite ends from another similar group. It would stay this was until breeding took place. They would all disappear at that time for about a week. Next thing you know, they start showing up in very small groups again (even 2 mature bucks together) on food sources starting the process again for the 2nd rut. It was like there were so many does that the mature bucks knew they didn’t have to compete so they just played it smart and cool [/QUOTE]
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