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Old 01-28-2004, 05:59 PM
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2huntis2
 
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Default RE: NJ Hunting

The answer is easy if there is alot of hunting pressure in your area. Does only come into heat for a short time and if not breed then come in again the next month. This cycle continues through the winter for several months if she doesn't find a dominant buck. Thus the dominant buck theory. If several larger bucks were shot out of an area before the majority of the does were bread the entire heard has to readjust to that little 6 pointer or fork horn being the new dominant buck. This could keep the rut going each month clean up into March. In 1999 the area I hunt in the state woods saw 4 old bucks killed in less than 3 weeks. I believe as a result of this the does were looking for them to breed and went unbreed for the first few cycles. I was scouting after the season and was finding rubs and active scrapes up until the end of march.
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