I'm sure deer react differently depending upon location but i just read an article about deers home range. To keep it short their study showed that All bucks leave there birth area at 1 1/2 yrs old and more to a new home area any where from 1- 32 miles away. Once they establish their home range, and they were not talking in exacting acerage, then they would have a core area. The core area was the area that he spent more than 50% of his time and the core area was usually about 25% of their home area. I found it ointeresting that they all move away from their birth area.