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Where do the bucks go every year?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bone Collector" data-source="post: 5809214" data-attributes="member: 7419"><p>Here is a theory I put together through 12 years of observations, trail cam pics, etc. from my property. It is 32 acres, but it backs to hundreds of acres but there is a road that runs through it all behind my property. Typical country two lane. My property is bordered up front by a major highway. In the early days there was way less people/inhabitants in the area and I would get pictures of 3.5,4.5, and 5.5 yr old bucks but they didn't and still do not live on my land, though some may have used my property as part of their core area. However that changed quickly and then I noticed that I would have 2.5, 3.5 and maybe an 4.5 here or there. but they always passed through and were tough to see in daylight. </p><p></p><p>what I started realizing as I got to understand the property and how deer used it, was I started seeing the 2.5 and some of the 3.5s but I always seemed to be a stand off or at work when the bigger deer came through. When I would see the 2.5s and the 3.5s and pass them I would wait to get pics at the end of the year. After getting the pics, i would expect them back next season, but they would not show up. <strong>I figure (speculating) that there is another property nearby that they prefer and as they become dominant they go there and once there they do not need to or want to come back. </strong>As long as no one bothers them they stay there and I chase my tail...</p><p></p><p>this eats at me yearly when I see a 3.5 year old, because as of the last 5-7 years if I pass them they leave and don't come back. So I wonder should I shoot or keep watching deer disappear? I've started trying to do some habitat improvements, but it will take time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bone Collector, post: 5809214, member: 7419"] Here is a theory I put together through 12 years of observations, trail cam pics, etc. from my property. It is 32 acres, but it backs to hundreds of acres but there is a road that runs through it all behind my property. Typical country two lane. My property is bordered up front by a major highway. In the early days there was way less people/inhabitants in the area and I would get pictures of 3.5,4.5, and 5.5 yr old bucks but they didn't and still do not live on my land, though some may have used my property as part of their core area. However that changed quickly and then I noticed that I would have 2.5, 3.5 and maybe an 4.5 here or there. but they always passed through and were tough to see in daylight. what I started realizing as I got to understand the property and how deer used it, was I started seeing the 2.5 and some of the 3.5s but I always seemed to be a stand off or at work when the bigger deer came through. When I would see the 2.5s and the 3.5s and pass them I would wait to get pics at the end of the year. After getting the pics, i would expect them back next season, but they would not show up. [B]I figure (speculating) that there is another property nearby that they prefer and as they become dominant they go there and once there they do not need to or want to come back. [/B]As long as no one bothers them they stay there and I chase my tail... this eats at me yearly when I see a 3.5 year old, because as of the last 5-7 years if I pass them they leave and don't come back. So I wonder should I shoot or keep watching deer disappear? I've started trying to do some habitat improvements, but it will take time. [/QUOTE]
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