jeffmiller

Last night I saw a group of deer near my stand. The closest one was 45-50 yards, so I passed on the shot, just too far for me. My question is, there was three does and a small buck, either a spike or a forkhorn. They seemed to be chasing each other, and once the buck jumped on the back of a doe. I have seen lambs and cows do this, but never deer. What the heck where they doing?

"Playing under the table and dreaming"

timbercruiser

They are probably just playing. The small buck may be going through some type of puberty sexual interest. If you have a doe season, shoot the buck's mama before she has time to run him out of the country and in a few years you will have a wall hanger. Otherwise it has been proven that 87% of buck fawns disperse miles away.

FroMan

I think the deer were "messing around." The younger buck was probably trying to do the hibbity dibbity with the big mama. I saw a button buck try to um...a doe in front of my house sometime last year, but the doe reared up and kicked him. It was a site. lol

My mind belongs to my work...
My heart belongs to my family...

But my soul...belongs to the woods.

THE DEER SLAYER

The buck was just playing, same thing happens to guys when they are teenagers.

DaveH

I saw a button buck try that with his mother last year--he needed a stepladder though! I've also seen does try that with other does when the rut was really kicking in!