Weather got em going
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JCDEERMAN
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That's a good deer. Hoping my cameras are getting a bunch of traffic as well.
backyardtndeer
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Nice buck. They were moving good yesterday afternoon and this morning. Hopefully they will be as or more active tomorrow morning.
BSK
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I'm seeing a ton of daylight chasing.
TheLBLman
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Pestering or real chasing?
I had pics 3 days ago of what appeared to be a doe in estrous, being followed/chased by a fully mature buck. But have mostly just been seeing pestering by younger bucks.
Yep they are on the move
Flat out chasing, running them! It is mostly immature bucks.
Saw some chasing around in the country this morning. Little guys mostly. Saw a good buck out in a field this morning but there are always big ones in that area.
BSK
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I've seen a couple of chases on video that look like the "real deal," but the majority of does are still running scared. I'm also not seeing the behavior of does I expect to see just as they come into estrus. Over the years I've been running video on my trail-cameras, I've noticed that about 5 days before does really going into estrus, they will switch their attention at scrapes from the over-hanging limb to the scrape itself. All of sudden does are at scrapes with their noses buried in the scrape itself. They will stand for several minutes, sniffing and tasting the dirt of the scrape. This is a sure sign estrus is about to happen in a few days. I have not seen that behavior much yet.
TheLBLman
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With this one adult doe, she had the behavior of a doe in estrous being followed. The fact there was a mature buck doing the following, leads me to believe she came into estrous early.
This was observed on October 30.
FWIW, I saw my target buck locked down with a doe this morning. He wouldn't leave her and wasn't trying to get away. No other deer. Just the two of them. As of a couple days ago my scrapes have dried up and "cruising" is on pause. That tells me it's lockdown enmasse. That said I still see groups of adult does with fawns as of midnight last night. I suspect it's going to break loose crazy next day or two once hot does get scarce.
This is in southern Ohio. It's usually a week or 10 days ahead of the same type activity I see in Coffee County TN. The biggest difference between the two places is that TN's activity seems a little more drawn out, on again off again. Here in Ohio it's pretty defined.
Yesterday, nose in the scrapeI've seen a couple of chases on video that look like the "real deal," but the majority of does are still running scared. I'm also not seeing the behavior of does I expect to see just as they come into estrus. Over the years I've been running video on my trail-cameras, I've noticed that about 5 days before does really going into estrus, they will switch their attention at scrapes from the over-hanging limb to the scrape itself. All of sudden does are at scrapes with their noses buried in the scrape itself. They will stand for several minutes, sniffing and tasting the dirt of the scrape. This is a sure sign estrus is about to happen in a few days. I have not seen that behavior much yet.
BSK
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Does had their faces buried in the scrapes stating the 5th of my place. Right on schedule for a peak breeding starting the 10th.
