Interesting Study on Whitetails

[Machias]

http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2015/male-dispersal-maybe-they-do-ask-for-directions#.VXHd9wzgZWU.facebook

[huntnnw]

I have read studies on fawns being tracked till they were 3 yrs old. Most of the bucks stayed home if they were orphaned , but if the bucks were kicked away by mom the bucks moved anywhere from 1 mi up to 19 mi away

[grundy53]

Pretty interesting. Thanks for posting it up.

[jasnt]

Thanks Fred for the good read

[PA BEN]

One thing the study didn't say is why the bucks move off. Unless I missed it. It is because mom kicks them out, I read about this several years ago and started watching yearling bucks getting their but kicked by mom. They are a happy little family, feeding and moving together and one day mom rears up and kicks her son in the face, says it's time to go. This is to prevent inbreeding. 

[huntnnw]

  They needed to follow from the time they were a fawn. The other studies I have read were from fawns up to 3yrs old. A lot happens in that first year and what determines why the buck leaves or stays.

[Grizman]

Interesting study.  I have a chance to watch deer almost every day.  In the Fall, just as the doe's start to come into heat, they start kicking and running at the buck fawns from that year.  They seem to tolerant the doe fawns.  Within a day or two, the buck fawn will be gone and not seen again.  It's a good indicated of the peak of the rut.