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Old 03-22-2008 | 09:33 AM
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Again this one depends on so many factors.. available food sources.. competition for does.. preferred bedding areas.. it really is different from one piece of land to the next.

Younger bucks that of 1.5 - 2.5 yrs. have much larger home ranges generally and may be there on your trailcam one year and gone the next.. dispersing several miles sometimes. The older bucks (3.5 or older) tend to have smaller home ranges and are more likely to stick around.. so to speak. But again this is greatly effected by many other factors.

I see this very thing every year while shed hunting. Certain bucks (usually of the 3.5 class or above) seem to really find an area they prefer (and although smaller.. still kinda large in size) while I get the sheds off of almost an entirely different group of 1.5 and 2.5 yr. old bucks every year. The 1.5 and 2.5 almost disappear for me from one year to the next.

Not to mention the rut.. when deer do travel when searching for companionship. Many factors play huge roles in how you want to look at this all.
I think lends to my theory that on smaller properties....it's gonna be RARE for a big boy to go undetected for A season or SEASONS. Unless it's the rut.....I just don't think they venture that far out. So....unless I have access to him in his home range/core.....chances are I'm not gonna see him in the areas I DO have access to.
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