Gus you may be right.....with the pecking order not even making a difference if the does aren't ready. I just kinda thought if they were already making scrapes (and out of bachelor groups)....that they might be prone to dominance issues. I honestly have no idea, though. I have no idea if dominance is only affected by a true, "hot" doe's presence.....but it's interesting, now, to think back to times when I've seen multiple bucks in an area......when they WERE out of bachelor groups. Though my experience with that is limited ot a few times.....I can tell ya the bucks were "antsy" of each other's presence....and in one instance sparring with multiple "opponents".

Just trying to learn more of why they do what they do.