It has been mentioned already, but I was going to touch on the does being with the fawns, and thats buck fawns too.... and the other bucks bing in their bachelor groups. They will not be around the does yet... not for a little while longer. They are out roaming the woods eating and getting fat for the rut.

The does are starting to get in the more aggressive mode and starting to try to run the fawns off. Buck and doe.... because of the competitave drive for food. That is the main reason the does rare up and fight. They are very aggressive about food in the coming months because of the rut coming up.

Yes, they do have a dominance heirarchy in their own groups, but that is usually already established, and not often challenged. So the fights are for food, and to run off the young bucks.

In august the bucks will start being seen a bit more, but don't ever think you will see all your bucks. Last year, I got about 750-1000 pics a week. I only saw about 6 different bucks. 3 were mature. Only one of the bucks was killed by me during the season, and we saw on stand probably half a dozen nice bucks that no one ever got any pics of. One 10 pt buck was never seen until Dec...

So just be patient and don't worry ..... you're doing ok.

God Bless

MET