Wow, do alot of you guys honestly see the major "home range" areas as defined as what your posts portray? I just don't see these scenarios play out in real life. I don't see territorial battles occuring at all, usually the bucks just seem to be roaming and they hangout wherever they find themselves. For instance, last year I had several 3.5 year old bucks on my property, in the early fall the bucks broke out of their bachelor groups and started doing their own thing. I got pictures of these same bucks on a few different properties in the area, but it was always changing as to which buck was on that property. It wasn't as though these bucks picked out "their" spot and stayed their guarding it, they just seemed to hang out wherever they ended up that day.

As far as what happens after a mature buck is killed...I have killed two bucks that were both aged over 6.5 years old and two bucks that were 3.5 years old. I honestly didn't notice any real differance, I didn't see bucks moving in to that area, time just seemed to go on the same as if the mature bucks were there.