Whitetail Advantage by Dave Samuel

Author:Dave Samuel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
Published: 2011-03-21T04:00:00+00:00

The once believed theory that the majority of does were bred by older bucks with the largest racks is not true.

CHAPTER 10

Breeding Data That May Surprise You

Here was the scenario. I was hunting my prize area in Ohio on a cold November 3rd morning. Rut sign was everywhere and it was just one of those times when you knew something was about to happen. I picked up my rattling horns, but paused because of rustling in the leaves.

Rustling is an understatement. Deer were running and headed my way. I quickly dropped the antlers, and grabbed the bow. A doe came crashing by, with a small buck hot on her tail. One minute later a small six point came trailing by, following the path of the others. Then a second doe ran down the trail, hotly followed by a decent eight pointer. Twenty seconds later another, bigger, buck followed, and right behind him was a bruiser.

All these deer were headed out into a new clear-cut, and in my mind I felt there were two hot does, plus at least five bucks. They all ran out of sight, but shortly thereafter here comes one of the does, with the biggest buck right on her tail. She looked exhausted and I figured he’d been on her all night. Eighty yards out he mounted her; this is what the rut is all about.

Then off to my left, along the edge of the clear-cut, I spotted the smallest buck and he too was mating a doe. With two bigger bucks in the area, that surprised me. Then again, one of the big guys was busy, so he obviously couldn’t be mating the other doe. I never did find out what happened to the other bigger buck. All I know is that after the mating, the little buck followed the hot doe right under my stand while the big guy moved away with the second hot doe. No shots, but what an exciting morning.

This scenario is played out hundreds of thousands of times each year. Bucks mating does. I grew up believing that only the biggest, most dominant bucks, mated does. In fact, I’ll bet that most of you reading this right now believe that older bucks do almost all of the mating and the bigger antlered guys breed many does. Turns out, that isn’t always the case.

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