Big buck

[DonMcJr]

One has a Blunt Nose, almost looks like a Donkey, and has had a Buck Fawn the past 3 years...

The other is "Scar-Back", has a big scar just behind it's shoulders and had Buck fawns the last 3 years and Twin Buck Fawns this past year.

Them 2 are the only 2 deer along with their offspring that I see all summer/fall until late winter, around now when the food gets scarce then the most I've seen is 10- 12 during that time.

My trail cameras and such get photo's of random roaming Bucks all fall...13 different ones during the 2011 Season...

Also I know a lot of the other hunters in the area shoot Does so again a Balanced herd is a healthy herd and I don't count the 10-12 that visit to eat the Wildlife Viewing Corn I put out 100 feet from my house I count the ones I see on all my cams from spring to the start of winter.

Dad and I also have a rule on Bucks... Bigger than the one the year before. That means 9 Points or Bigger for both of us next year!

The time will come when we need to shoot some Does but I'll have to do that cause Dad is stuck in the old ways and insists if you shoot a Doe you're shooting 2-3 Deer and Possibly 2 Bucks for the future...

[sg5054]

Rabbits don't climb trees, the rub is 5 feet high.

It was the....EASTER BUNNY!!!

[Pweideman]

It's not a rub. That bark was chewed off. You can see the marks from the front teeth (the lightest color).
I have a lot of experience with this on my farm this time of year. My sheep will devistate my apple trees if they get the chance. Horses have the same effect. Usually a mineral deficiency in a horse will drive them to chew bark. Plus, the sap is running. Tastes good this time of year.

Paul

[heus]

Rabbits don't climb trees, the rub is 5 feet high.

Im going with rabbits chews also. I had a crabapple tree look exactly like that from rabbits. Add some snow plus a rabbit standing stretched on its hind legs and it most certainly can chew up that high.

[Pweideman]

Im going with rabbits chews also. I had a crabapple tree look exactly like that from rabbits. Add some snow plus a rabbit standing stretched on its hind legs and it most certainly can chew up that high.

That's a huge rabbit! Deer eat bark like that, plus there were tracks.

[325abn]

You gotta be kidding about the rabbits! Right?

[Pweideman]

You gotta be kidding about the rabbits! Right?

Bugs Bunny is tall enough.

[heus]

No multiple rabbits can do a ton of damage

[FDA]

Right now I'm seeing mostly the same 2 Does that have nothing but Button Bucks 3 years in a row and one had twin Button Bucks. Them two are living for sure if I have the choice.

But anyhow this isn't the QDM Forum and yes you are right Managing the Deer Herd Does mean harvesting Does IF needed in your area.

Just a heads up, the male ( sperm ) in all mammals determines the sex of the offspring. So your does having male fawns every year was determined by their father or fathers ( a recent study has determined that 40% of all twin fawns born do not share the same father ) so i hope you didn't kill him or them. The average dispersal distance for a buck fawn is 7 miles. The buck fawns you are feeding corn to will leave this spring and travel on average 7 miles to get away from mom.

Sorry for the QDM post i thought with all of the deer threads and videos here it was OK.

[heus]

And rabbit swimming videos