found this interesting
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From: buck
20-Apr-16
http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2015/the-life-and- times-of-buck-8917
From: buck
20-Apr-16
http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2015/beware-the-flesh-eating-deer
From: TheLama
20-Apr-16
TheLama's Link
From: Jeff in MN
20-Apr-16
Very interesting. Amazing how little that buck moved from his 'home'. It would be interesting to see similar studies done on the north woods of Wisconsin and the farmlands to the south. Thanks for posting.
From: GVS
20-Apr-16
That was quite interesting. A lot to be learned from studies like that.
From: glunker
21-Apr-16
I also found that study interesting. The week about Oct 12 showed a reduced movement pattern that could be called a lull. Could his twice visited North location involve something like a salt/block? The posted speculation he went to die where he was born had little merit for me.
From: Nocturnal8
21-Apr-16
Glunker the term lull is very misleading. Matter of fact if you compare September to October the movement increases. Hunters think it's a lull but in reality, There are many changes going on. Hunter pressure also increases and the deer hold tight to security. Most hunters keep early season tactics. Like hunting field edges, or some known food source. If you can find a deers bed/staging area. You'll see him walking around waiting for darkness to move about his day.
This isn't just for you per say. But you said the word lull, so I figure I give me .02 cents
From: Jeff in MN
21-Apr-16
I doubt that twice visited spot had anything to do with salt. He probably would have been there more often. My guess is something or someone was doing something in his normal range and he reacted to it the first time. The second time pretty certain it had something to do with whatever caused his death.
From: Nocturnal8
21-Apr-16
i thought the same too Jeff.
From: glunker
25-Apr-16
Lull was not the best term I could have used. What struck me was about a week when his range was the tightest of any time period I recalled seeing. He could have been bedding on an oak ridge eating acorns so he did not move much, not sure why. To kill him the a hunter would have had to set up on his bed area of called him. With so little information we will never know about the North location but it was an outlier to his pattern and involved him dieing. Possibly there was a spring there, dieing alot of times involved water and the deer appeared to be injured or failing.
From: Jeff in MN
26-Apr-16
Would be interesting if they tracked another buck from the same spot. Tracking of one buck is interesting but hard to come to any solid conclusions. But heck, that sounds a lot like hunting bucks. Lots of guessing based on what little you know.