Another reason mature bucks avoid doe's and move later in the day. During the winter doe groups or herds attract predators, which are looking for the old and weak. Then they attract predators again during the spring and summer because they are dropping fawns and nursing. When fall comes around they attract a new predator, which is about 98% of all deer hunters. Some are meat hunters and their doing exactly what they should be. Some claim to be trophy hunters, because they hold out and let deer walk, but they still hunt doe groups, doe patterns and doe schedules. They were taught that this is how you deer hunt by generations of meat hunters. If your hunting where several slick trails come together, the area is scattered with rubs and a couple of big scrapes, don't climb down right after the doe's move through, you never know when the biggest buck of your life will show up to scent check between 10 and 2. Oh, those are also very aggressive all year long and bucks are gentle giant Jan to Oct.