around here i think bucks are alot smarter..i mean some are dumb as bricks and if you catch them in the peak of the rut even the big bruisers are love sick and will do about anything for a piece...but come rifle season they disappear and are way more suspicious than does and does been fair game for 2 seasons now...even button bucks run with their heads down when spooked just because for so many years bucks been killed because of whats on their head...rifle season does are just walking around feeding and going about their buisness...bucks tend to lay low most of the day and are realy suspicious while moving...i think they are smarter...does get pounded and you can still catch them walking in a field in rifle season like nothing is wrong...but then again we have alot more does than bucks and bucks been hunted alot harder in the past....