ORIGINAL: Deerslayer_37
I extremely highly doubt taking out your "big mamas" is going to keep the little bucks on the field. i've witnessed the same behavior, and i honestly don't think it matters much. We try to remove mostly older does, as they're the ones that have triplets and twins to keep the population higher. we do take younger does for meat, as they taste great. And for sure bucks are not discrminatory as far as does. They dont have that capacity to think on that level. It's extremely doubtful that an older doe with twin fawns would all be in heat at the same time. And the chance of you being able to tell if the doe is in heat or not is slim to none.
slayer
I agree with you totally, but I have witnessed it several times if a doe and her yearlings are eating on one of my fields and a small buck comes up she will run them off, grant it it does not happen all the time I have seen it happen several times and when you are in an area where your average rainfall is less than 15 inches competing for food sources can play a big role.