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But it's important to not only identify it but also to really understand why deer do it. Research suggests that bucks don't rub to mark their territory. Behavioral studies suggest that bucks aren't territorial in the traditional sense. They don't defend an area or a piece of turf.
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And it'll likely keep happening, because mature rutting bucks habitually drive does to areas like this — especially in locations that are heavily populated, and patches of cover are separated by vast, expansive fields.
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Dec 2, 2013 · Contrary to popular belief, bucks do utilize food sources during the rut. The caloric demands of trailing and breeding does require bucks to spend a portion of their time during their rut feeding.
- Buck Movement During The Rut
- Where Do Bucks Really Go During The Rut?
- Bucks Movement and Range Can Increase
- Mature Bucks May Move Less
- Photoperiod Dictates Breeding, Deer Activity
- Deer Movement Highest at Dusk and Dawn
- Bucks Are Different, Movement Varies
The white-tailed deer breeding season has been strong this year. During the month of November, I received reports of intense rutting activity throughout much of Texas. Bucks were easy to spot for those that were able to spend some time in a stand. I think the strong rut was a product of good body condition in deer and colder than average temperatur...
Research on whitetail buck movement during the rut has found conflicting results. A number of research projects have affixed various types of tracking devices to bucks in an attempt to figure out what these guys are up to during the breeding season. All of these studies can be summarized into a handful of bullets: 1. Bucks can increase range and mo...
The belief is that during the rut, “you never know what’s going to show up.” I believe that’s true any day we climb in a stand. Bucks can increase movement and rangeduring the breeding season. This is the most exciting part about white-tailed deer hunting. The thought that on any day, at any time, anything can happen. Research on buck movements dur...
Mature whitetail bucks may move less than other bucks during the breeding season. This contradicts the paragraphs above, but begins to makes sense once you wrap your mind around that we are only talking mature bucks now. Mature bucks are different than other bucks. Mature bucks have more experience (surviving and breeding), they are the dominant de...
Despite what your buddy thinks, day length dictates when the breeding season occurs within a deer herd each year. In fact, photoperiod determines most everything that whitetail do throughout the year, with some of the key items of interests being estrus in does and antler growth and shedding in bucks. There is no doubt that geographic variation exi...
It’s no wonder most deer hunts are referred to as morning hunts or evening hunts. White-tailed deer movement increases at dusk and dawn. Whether you hunt mornings and evenings because that’s they way you were taught or the way you learned, research has substantiated that buck movement is highest at these times, even during the breeding season. So r...
We can identify the peak of the breeding season in an area but we can not predict the behaviors of individual bucks. It turns out that bucks have different strategies for how they intend to pass on their genes. We covered how some older bucks may decrease movement during the rut in order to stay with a doe or doe groups, but some older bucks do the...
Oct 24, 2018 · Mature bucks know where and how to find does during the rut. That's why you'll commonly find bucks cruising through doe bedding areas, leeward ridges, field edges, pinch-points, saddles, etc. Focus on traditional rut stand locations to target bucks during the rut.
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Nov 10, 2012 · Instead, hunt rub lines during the pre-rut when bucks are using a few bedding areas and travel routes. Scrapes are also pre-rut hot spots, but are often more relevant during the late pre-rut period at the onset of the breeding.
Oct 23, 2023 · What they tell us is that bucks do indeed travel during the rut, at times at odd hours. This just reinforces what I’ve seen for decades: The more time on stand during the rut, the better the odds of encountering a trophy buck.
