What's the farthest distance a whitetail deer has been recorded traveling

[Hunter007]

What's the farthest distance a whitetail deer has been recorded traveling  .

Like for example if I got a friend  has a big buck on his trail  cam and he is    20 miles away from where I hunt is it possible That buck could move that far during the hunting season ?

[avg. joe]

It may take some reading, but, https://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer study may have your answer. There is a lot of info in the study.

[dbHunterNY]

that's a bit far. in more remote places with less people barriers they'll travel further.  we've routinely had bucks travel several miles away as the crow flys they say (trail cam photos taken then buck killed that distance away).

[Hunter007]

5 minutes ago, avg. joe said:

It may take some reading, but, https://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer study may have your answer. There is a lot of info in the study.

Study on there tracked one buck farthest it moved was 8 miles 

[The_Real_TCIII]

Sodfather and I drove a couple all the way from Ashville to Clarence over 90 miles


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[Dom]

I cant say distance for sure but have seen deer swim across Lake Ontario from Canada and survived.

[Jeremy K]

That slob my buddy shot this year was on camera almost 5 miles away I was told.

[G-Man]

4 or 5 miles is pretty common..there are always exceptions who go well above the norm.. killed a droptine that friend had a photo of 4 miles away.. he had 1 photo I had 12.. 

[NFA-ADK]

I have heard they travel up to 30 miles in extreme cases.  I would think 5 would be average high with anything more being the exception.  

This is an article about one that went 10 miles.

https://www.whitetaildna.com/tactics/2017/1/31/how-far-will-a-buck-really-travel

 

[phade]

3-4 years ago I had a really nice 4 or 5 year old on cam on a very small lease. Less than 48 hours later, buck was killed just under 5 miles away as the crow flies. It was in late October and the buck had broken 3 tines in that 48 hours as well.

Must have been like that 70s/80s movie where the little gangs all came across one another in their NYC travels. The Warriors I think.

[Bigfoot 327]

There are on going trap/radio collar studies being conducted in Michigan's UP to better understand seasonal deer movements.

According to the UP Whitetails Association website, one group of deer traveled 14 miles in one night. They say most of their deer migrate 28 to 32 miles from their summer and winter ranges. They have documented a few deer migrating as far as 60 miles!

[NFA-ADK]

This is a good one also! 

For example, in South Dakota, Illinois and eastern Montana study areas, where forests covered less than 35 percent of the landscape, young bucks dispersed on average 17.3 miles, and one deer in Montana traveled 132 miles. 

https://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/articles/deer-news/time-to-roam-what-to-know-about-whitetail-buck-dispersal

132 miles!!!  WOW

[turkeyfeathers]

1 hour ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Sodfather and I drove a couple all the way from Ashville to Clarence over 90 miles


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Dead ones in truck bed don’t count silly 

[Hunter007]

9 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Dead ones in truck bed don’t count silly 

Yea I mean live deer obviously dead that's easy That  would be  9000 miles back from new Zealand   popular place to go hunt all sorts  of stuff they had released overthere .

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[Moho81]

18 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Dead ones in truck bed don’t count silly 

What about Tommy Boy style? Almost dead. LOL 

[grampy]

We've had a few cam pic's, and sightings, of some of the same bucks, from the lake and farm properties over the years. Six or so miles apart as the crow flies.

[The_Real_TCIII]

Dead ones in truck bed don’t count silly 

That was not specified and we are still in the lead


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[The_Real_TCIII]

There are deer on all the islands around Rhode Island, they swim miles across Great White territory to get to them


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[Four Season Whitetail's]

This guy swam across Black Lake!


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[sits in trees]

I'm no deer biologist but around here we see the same big bucks in about a one mile area. My neighbors and I have scouted the same buck in an area of a couple hundred acres for years. 

[Hunter007]

On 12/13/2018 at 10:58 PM, Four Season Whitetail's said:

This guy swam across Black Lake!


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Can you tell from a picture if a whitetail came from a high fence place fSW  .

Did you see that 52 point buck on the other thread think its legit record wild deer ? Or from a deer farm?

Would really like to  know your opinion. 

[Four Season Whitetail's]

Can you tell from a picture if a whitetail came from a high fence place fSW  .
Did you see that 52 point buck on the other thread think its legit record wild deer ? Or from a deer farm?
Would really like to  know your opinion. 

Pretty dark rack for a Hf place but hard to ever tell 100% anymore. I know if it was me it would have been documented by others before I touched it in the woods.


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[Hunter007]

1 minute ago, Four Season Whitetail's said:

Pretty dark rack for a Hf place but hard to ever tell 100% anymore. I know if it was me it would have been documented by others before I touched it in the woods.


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Like with trail cam picture giant scraps pictures  witnesses and stuff .