River-X
5 year old buck +
These last few days has showed a major jump in buck movement. Aided by some slight rise in pressure and a cool off as well I assume. I have witnessed several groups of bucks hounding does in open fields and two bucks in the woods who were trying to fend each other off a doe that they were following as well
on Friday afternoon I had a big 5.5 yo ( I think ) chase a doe flat out running down the fence line that leads behind my house at 3:00 in the afternoon. I got geared up and jumped in a stand back there and sure enough a bunch of deer came out to feed at 4:30, a small buck was hounding does all through the plots and at 5:45 that big 5.5 yo came out with that doe. Two nice bucks came into the field and tried to move in on her and he backed them down and out easily. He stood by her as she fed, made a scrape, and eventually just followed her back into the woods and she never ran from him. Looks like she must be an early doe but there was no mistaking what they were up to.
on Friday afternoon I had a big 5.5 yo ( I think ) chase a doe flat out running down the fence line that leads behind my house at 3:00 in the afternoon. I got geared up and jumped in a stand back there and sure enough a bunch of deer came out to feed at 4:30, a small buck was hounding does all through the plots and at 5:45 that big 5.5 yo came out with that doe. Two nice bucks came into the field and tried to move in on her and he backed them down and out easily. He stood by her as she fed, made a scrape, and eventually just followed her back into the woods and she never ran from him. Looks like she must be an early doe but there was no mistaking what they were up to.