My Buck Migrated Over 31 Miles ... With Film Footage

Congrats, and awesome story. Thanks for sharing.

 

Great Buck and such a great story, extremely cool....CONGRATS!!!!

 

Holy crap Deb whats the chances of something like this happening? This is unreal and very interesting! Thanks so much for the update, storys like this don't happen often! He is a stud for being only 2.5 congrats Deb!

 

I would have never guessed a deer would travel so far! Very interesting to know! Thanks for sharing!

 

Wow, thats some crazy info! 190 for a 2.5 year old is pretty impressive, too. The buck I shot last year weighed 220 dressed, and he was at least 4.5

 

Nice buck and a wild story behind him. Without the tag, you would think he was born a mile or two away. That is unreal!

 

Wow. Hell of a 2 1/2 year old. Dispersal rate is mind boggling. Hope the research is made public.

 

Great post - very intersting stuff! Congrats on the deer.

 

That is crazy. Great story and great deer.

 

great story. btw deer don't migrate.

 

This is how deer prevent inbreeding. If they only went 5 miles from their birthplace it would not be prevented. 31 is farther than I expected though.

 

Schultzy, I know , its all good Christine and I were there yesterday to check the scale but it was lockedup in the shed, so next time we are there and so is the man with the key to the shed we will check the scale.

 

Very good read, and congrats on I fine buck.

Studies have shown that 75 to 80% dispersal rate is the norm. It also shows that 90% of all dispersal occurs from September thru October at 1.5 years of age. It also shows that terrain, habitat and deer density play a big roll in how far a deer will relocate. For example, if a buck was born and raised in a river bottom he will most likely relocate to a river bottom, ect, ect. In relatively flat open areas 10-15 miles seem to be the avg. In thick rough areas 5-10 miles are the avg.

Bucks will often relocate and adjust several times form 1.5 to 4yo before they establish a true home range and core area.

I killed a buck that was tagged. He dispersed at 1.5 and relocated 8 miles away. They quit tracking/lost him at that point. I shot him a 5.5 12 miles from where he relocated to at 1.5, but only 4 miles from where he was tagged as a button buck.

 

Neat stuff gri22ly, Thanks for sharing... I love to read this stuff

 

Christine and I were out there today helping track & drag my husbands buck , so we did get to check the scale and it was only off by 1 Pound , so my buck dressed out at 191lbs .

 

That is crazy!! Thanks for the update.

 

Congrats on a Very Nice Buck!

 

+Almost forgot here is the Buck my Hubby got this morning

 

Just found time to read this. Pretty cool and I'd have never guessed that buck to be 2 1/2.

Congrats to your hubby as well, you guys put down some awesome deer every year. Surprised Christine hasn't put one down yet.

 

Nice videos and story. I knew bucks or deer would migrate but never in a hundred years would I have guessed they would relocate that far.
Amazing!