monster on trail cam
12-07-2010, 06:41 PM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 277
dude, im always high, but yes, up to 19 miles...cant find the article, but somebody found it interesting enough to go out and see just how far they go during the rut to spread their seed...and it showed that mature bucks will go up to 19 miles outside their normal routine to try and make babies.
12-08-2010, 03:52 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MN
Posts: 1,260
I did a real quick rough score using the B&C sheet based of the pic. I got 209. There's no doubt this is a 200 inch deer. The bad thing is it was during the rut and based off the fact u got one pic of him leads me to believe he passed through your property. Never know though. I would pull up some google earth images and look at the surrounding properties. Good luck can't wait to see your pic on the cover of North American Whitetail.
12-08-2010, 03:55 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MN
Posts: 1,260
Supaflav a bucks range during the rut can be based off of the doe ratio. If a mature 200 inch buck has 40 does with in 2 miles he doesn't have to go anywhere. Now you take 75 % of the does out and he's gonna have to travel farther then 2 miles to breed.
I know a friend who shot a nice buck in WI. it made the local paper. A guy came foward with a trailcam pic of the same deer 17 miles away 2 nights prior. Bucks can move far distances when their breeding.
I know a friend who shot a nice buck in WI. it made the local paper. A guy came foward with a trailcam pic of the same deer 17 miles away 2 nights prior. Bucks can move far distances when their breeding.
12-08-2010, 06:39 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
i used to think the same thing..640 acres is alot of land to me, but to a deer its merely a "timeout" seat. i wish i could find that article, if i remember right, they'll stay in a 6 sq mile area until the rut, then they will take a route, up to 19 miles outside their normal routine, to make babies...i think its just nature, it helps the inbreeding process ( yes i know that every species is inbred, but hopefully you get my point.)
12-08-2010, 08:25 AM
#28
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 7
I can't see deer around here having to go too far during the rut. The deer population up here is ridiculous so I cant believe he'd have to go too far to find a doe. And this picture was taken the weekend of thanksgiving..why his neck isnt twice its size i dont know..I just wish i had gotten a picture of him straight on to get a better idea of how big he really is
