Is it common to have a doe walk out in the open to get away from a chasing buck, not to feed but just to get away because she knows he will be hesitant to follow her.

two years ago in a different area i was on a tripod in january, when i noticed a doe at 250yards standing in the open staring at the woodline.(not a food plot just a field) For two hours she stood there staring, hardly moved, and did not eat. Turns out she was staring at a ten point that was just out of sight. He finally charged her and i killed him. There is not a doubt in my mind the doe went in that field to escape harrasment, she knew the buck would be hesitant to follow

Do yall think this is common

deer go to the middle of a field often because they feel safer there

I do not believe the doe went into the "open" to avoid the buck just because it was in the open. I do believe she was being chased and happenstance placed her there while she stood watching the buck. We as hunters mostly see does being chased by bucks because they're visible at the time...being in the wide open.

To infer the doe had the sense to be in the open, having knowledge mature bucks hesitate and avoid the wide open, in my opinion, is giving them, ie, the doe, too much credit.

I do believe it's entirely plausible that the buck did hesitate to go after the doe because she was in the wide open. Some bucks, regardless of their hormone rage to procreate, is still dwarfed by their wits to stay alive. In fact, my first buck on the wall hesitated big time to follow a doe that entered the wide open. It was his undoing when he did though.

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