Jeff,

Thanks, Great information...very appreciated. I like your approach in relation to where you place your trackers and why you do so. I have another question, I would assume our deer herds and habitat is similiar. My area of Idaho looks nothing like what most see on the Outdoor channel. I am in northern Idaho which is mountainous, densely forested with lots of water ie.. lakes, streams, rivers, and swamps. Our latitude should be relatively close giving us both distinct seasonal changes in food sources and weather. Here that dictates a very "far ranging/migratory whitetail". Many of our bucks travel miles away from their breeding grounds before they head back just before the rut kicks in then they leave afterwords. I have backtracked some of them for miles or spotted one buck four or five miles in the summer from where he breeds in the fall. My question is do you see this same type of far ranging deer patterns and if so with your cam trackers do you get pics of the same bucks that showed up in the area the year before? As far as doe families go....here their range is much less than most mature bucks. Other than during their dispersal peroid most of the does and young bucks live in or near the easiest and most convenient food sources year around with out ranging to far.

Thanks again,
Shed

Edited by - shed1 on 01/11/2002 14:03:35