Behavior
10-03-2013, 08:06 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NE Kansas
Posts: 1,128
On a similar note, someone here once posted that they shot a doe in a herd and the others tried to nose it up. The speculation was that they shot the lead doe and the others just weren't sure what to do.
10-04-2013, 07:47 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 1,071
I think theres a hierarchy...so the "alpha" doe eats first/establishes dominance on a particular area...and when you shoot her the next in line takes her place...same with bucks. I shot a mature old 8pt in MD and that same week I saw another younger 8point creeping in and moving in on the territory of the buck I shot. A few days later I got a nice pic of the new 8point but never did see him.
