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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 24, 2005 21:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Oct 25, 2005 1:48:04 GMT -5
Just about every yearling I have seen this year has been a button buck.I have been using my optics more this year to try to identify the sex.
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idhmc
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Post by idhmc on Oct 25, 2005 9:48:41 GMT -5
LawrenceCoBowhunter,
Just to let ya know, a yearling deer is 1.5 years old. Button bucks are fawns.
I too have noticed that button bucks are the average fawn ive seen as well. I found a study done on fawn drop that suggested that the reason this happens is natures way of telling you there are too many does.
They found that when a high doe count was in an area, the fawn drop skewed to the male gender, and when bucks were higher in the area, Doe fawns were by percentage higher drop.
Just a little food for thought for y'all.
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Post by cambygsp on Oct 25, 2005 9:57:10 GMT -5
LawrenceCoBowhunter, Just to let ya know, a yearling deer is 1.5 years old. Button bucks are fawns. I too have noticed that button bucks are the average fawn ive seen as well. I found a study done on fawn drop that suggested that the reason this happens is natures way of telling you there are too many does. They found that when a high doe count was in an area, the fawn drop skewed to the male gender, and when bucks were higher in the area, Doe fawns were by percentage higher drop. Just a little food for thought for y'all. Mother Nature....she's a pretty smart gal! |
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Oct 25, 2005 9:57:16 GMT -5
idhmc..thanks for correcting me.I always considered a yearling a deer 1yo or less.I'll start using buck fawn
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