Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
03-07-2008, 08:08 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
Only problem is.....they're hunting WITH me on land they have no right to be on. If they'd shoot everything that walks on their ONE ACRE.....all would be well with the world.
so you cant really even manage your land to hunt, because theyll end up shooting your deer.
have you called in on them?
03-07-2008, 08:09 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
I think that's a different deer, looking at the white ... the second buck has alot more white ....IMO
I think that's a different deer, looking at the white ... the second buck has alot more white ....IMO
I believe they are the same...
03-07-2008, 08:09 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
LOL.....Gary....I thought long and hard and just don't know. But I know from the thousands of photos I have that the same deer can look different according to how the light's hitting him.
Doesn't much matter. I actually hope they are different.
Doesn't much matter. I actually hope they are different.
03-07-2008, 08:11 AM
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
so you cant really even manage your land to hunt, because theyll end up shooting your deer.
have you called in on them?
have you called in on them?
That land has been good to me. I'm done complaining about things I can't control.
03-07-2008, 08:12 AM
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
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LOL.....Gary....I thought long and hard and just don't know. But I know from the thousands of photos I have that the same deer can look different according to how the light's hitting him.
Doesn't much matter. I actually hope they are different.
LOL.....Gary....I thought long and hard and just don't know. But I know from the thousands of photos I have that the same deer can look different according to how the light's hitting him.
Doesn't much matter. I actually hope they are different.
I agree with Tony, differnet deer
03-07-2008, 08:12 AM
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
Another thing you have to watch for is that a mature doe may wish to take the area over. This is what I was talking about with bucks/does cycling core areas. Does usually take over areas that are more conducive to rearing fawns. I've seen it go both ways, does taking over or another mature buck taking over. Only time will tell.
Sometimes if you kill the doe that has a buck fawn, the buck will remain in the area.
Sometimes if you kill the doe that has a buck fawn, the buck will remain in the area.
03-07-2008, 08:12 AM
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
Yes I believe you will have a new one take up residents but once the Rut kicks in all bets are off and you should have plenty of mature bucks
cruising through with the amount of doe's you have.
cruising through with the amount of doe's you have.
03-07-2008, 08:14 AM
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
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Another thing you have to watch for is that a mature doe may wish to take the area over. This is what I was talking about with bucks/does cycling core areas. Does usually take over areas that are more conducive to rearing fawns. I've seen it go both ways, does taking over or another mature buck taking over. Only time will tell.
Sometimes if you kill the doe that has a buck fawn, the buck will remain in the area.
Another thing you have to watch for is that a mature doe may wish to take the area over. This is what I was talking about with bucks/does cycling core areas. Does usually take over areas that are more conducive to rearing fawns. I've seen it go both ways, does taking over or another mature buck taking over. Only time will tell.
Sometimes if you kill the doe that has a buck fawn, the buck will remain in the area.
03-07-2008, 08:15 AM
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RE: Buck's home range....Greg's post got me thinking...
Greg did you read the article I cited? I'm not disagreeing with you.....at all. But the article stated that juvenile bucks are REAL travelers until they reach 3.5yrs. I think they stated they may roam 12-14 miles as their "home range" until they reach "maturity".
That's why I posed the question I did. If one of these 25 yr olds likes the digs I have......maybe he'll be settin' up shop, there (hopefully). Might make it a yr in which I watch a few and never reach for the bow.
Who KNOWS?.....lol
That's why I posed the question I did. If one of these 25 yr olds likes the digs I have......maybe he'll be settin' up shop, there (hopefully). Might make it a yr in which I watch a few and never reach for the bow.
Who KNOWS?.....lol