Originally Posted by
rockport
Yeah, its a % game. It can certainly happen anywhere. They end up in odd places here by design. A mature buck will purposely corral a willing doe into odd areas thinking he can have her to himself there. Personally I have better luck predicting how they will search for hot doe than I do predicting what they will do once they have found one.
That is a fact.
I have one picture in my mind from years ago. Two trophy Buck side by side, looked like brothers, making a Bee line for a Doe maybe a mile away, in her bedding area. The time of the day and the lay of the land had nothing to do with what they were thinking. I couldn't have drawn a straighter line between two points. They looked to be in a hurry.
I remember thinking where the heck did they come from? I'd been hunting and scouting this area for years and had never seen them before.
I guess one of the brothers fought the other off, I saw him a few more times. I couldn't bring myself to shoot him.
Just one of those things that stuck in my mind.
I'm debating now about harvesting a two year old Doe, she is hanging out by the railroad tracks. On one side I think I should get her before a train or car does. On the other side, she is a really a beautiful Doe, long legs, muscular, solid Chestnut color. I'll probably let her go and hope for the best.