Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted March 16, 2019 March 9th made a trip down through Glenwood and over Mule Creek! Spotted this group about 75 yards off the road! Three really nice bucks and 12 doe! Do bucks bachelor up? If so when and if there was still stages of rut occurring would there still be three bucks hanging with the doe or would one dominate! We watched them for about 30 minutes and there wasn’t really any sign of rut activity just seemed odd three nice bucks hanging with a group of doe like that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RimCountry350 Report post Posted March 19, 2019 Rut happens during December/January so were definitely out of the rut and soon they'll be dropping their antlers. During this time of the season it's not strange to see bucks and doe together in herds. But during the rut season, the only time you'll really see more than 1 big buck in the herd, you will probably see some fighting going on for dominance. They won't hang out together. That isn't to say you couldn't find a dominant buck with doe and have some forkers mixed in the herd. Not sure if this helps but just from my experience. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZAV8ER Report post Posted March 19, 2019 Truly shooting from the hip here. After the rut bucks are vulnerable because they have used a lot of energy/fat reserves, not much left in the tank for that startled sprint when a predator surprises you and gets close and its full energy burst sprint or die. Does herd up normally and guessing bucks join in this behavior for added security or at least if you are not the slowest you wont get eaten? Seems like this is normal behavior for this time of year. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
