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Old 08-19-2003 | 09:36 PM
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Default RE: Buck/Doe Ratios

I' m with Brian on this - Your better off having the higher buck count now - Rest assured - come hunting season - a good portion of the bucks you see NOW will be long gone (most bucks disperse in the fall, just prior to the rut) - Hopefully others will come in to replace the dispersed deer.

Your likely in a period of time in your hunting ground where Bucks feel more comfortable in their batchelor groups - hanging out - during the summer - There won' t likely be many does around these batchelor groups. In other - likely nearby - areas its probably mostly does and fawns.

in my experience - Does/Fawns - occupy completely different areas than deer 2-1/2 yrs and most deer 1-1/2 yrs old = UNLTIL the rut begins - let us know what the buck/doe ratio is in Mid Nov - that' ll be a more telling time.
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