Buck Range

[wheelieman]

Pretty sure those young'uns don't roam or relocate by their own choice. The BBs won't tolerate them and will either pushed or chased them out of the their kingdom!

Also thought i wrote they will defend theyre territory, that meant against other bucks not the local cattle or farmer,

[Deadhunter25]

I think you might be surprised how far your deer travel unbeknownst to you. But every area is different. There are a lot of factors that determine why and when deer travel. I've been running cameras for 10 years all over CNY and its rare to see a specific buck on camera regularly from August through December in my experiences anyway. During November and December I ALWAYS get different bucks that stop in for a day or two and never seen again. But like you said if you have a great piece of private land with everything they need/want that may cut their travels way down too...

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I run 20 to 25 cameras from June to December and I experience the same thing you do. I have found most mature bucks don't stay in the same area summer into fall into winter. Especially in Smallwood lots where I hunt. Three years in a row I had a 120 inch eight pointer that I had on camera who only came during the rut I never had one picture of him in the summer or early fall but during the rut for a week or two he would show up. It depends on your woods and what surrounds it.

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[WNYBuckHunter]

Also thought i wrote they will defend theyre territory, that meant against other bucks not the local cattle or farmer,

 

https://www.qdma.com/articles/whitetail-bucks-are-not-territorial

[Five Seasons]

think about what you might do to get a piece of ass? Traveling a few miles is nothing for a deer. I think a lot of us would do it ourselves when we were teens.

[Galliform]

They are studying deer movements down in PA. This is very interesting, make sure to look through the archives as well. http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news

 

 

Before you leave thinking a square mile for a buck (except in the rut) is a good rule of thumb, let me warn you!  The deer we are studying all live in large tracts of contiguous forest and they are quite different from other parts of the state.

http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2014/one-square-mile
http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2014/those-cunning-bucks

 

There are many variables that change what a buck's (or any deer's) home range is, and I think as hunters we will all find that each property has unique variables.
 

 

[the blur]

We all know if you spook a deer, especially a white tail; they run to the next county.

What I want to know.. do they return to their home base?? or do they set up a new bedding area ??

[WNYBuckHunter]

They dont run to the next county. Youd be surprised at how many of them circle right back to where you spooked them from. Ive watched many deer do stuff like that on drives. A couple of years ago our group pushed a big corn field. I was a shooter, sitting in a high stand on the end of the field. I saw multiple deer bump about 40 yards ahead of the drivers, get between two of them, and sneak back behind them, then end up going right back to their original spot and laying back down.

[phade]

We all know if you spook a deer, especially a white tail; they run to the next county.

What I want to know.. do they return to their home base?? or do they set up a new bedding area ??

 

If you make a formerly safe area unsafe routinely, the buck will make changes.

 

But, the occasional bump, and the buck lives to safety, that buck often will come right back. The spot where it was, allowed it to be safe, even in a time when danger approached, it allowed for egress. That is what a buck wants...safety - and when safety is compromised, the ability to get away from danger unscathed.

[Buckmaster7600]

We all know if you spook a deer, especially a white tail; they run to the next county.

What I want to know.. do they return to their home base?? or do they set up a new bedding area ??

I have shot a few bucks in the Adirondacks that I jumped from their bed and got set up and shot them within the hr coming back to their same bed.