On the way home from hunting today, I saw two nice bucks with does in two different cut fields off the turn-pike. The one doe was bedded and the buck was standing by her right in the middle of the field during daylight. Similar for the other. Is this a strategy for keeping other bucks away from a hot doe? I've never seen this before. This is the first year in five season that I've actually seen any kind of rutting activity on my properties.
Locked down?
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dante322
*Supporting Member*
Yep , thats lockdown . O think they get away to find solitude from all the dinks pestering them . Sometimes they put tthemselves in vulnerable situations. Don't overlook trying to put the sneak on em. I saw multiple bucks Friday and Saturday locked down .
ImpalaSSpeed96
Junior Member
Exactly what it is. "This is mine, stay away" It's close... I still think it's about 3 days away from the big percentile of does standing, but she's close...
Son in Law has one Locked-down about 80 yds from the stand........Hoping they take the wrong route out of there.
I saw the same thing Saturday morning while road scouting. Not a big boy, but he was guarding his girl in the middle of nowhere. Closer to a 4 way stop sign in the middle of the country than any woods.