Identify these whitetail beds

John Y Cannuck

John Y Cannuck

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Ok, I'm out in the bush today, and I see a big whitetail, maybe a hundred yards off, in thick timber. I attempt to get closer, and in so doing, move up along a short ridge between two fields.
In that ridge, I come upon a very large whitetail bed, very fresh, and ten feet away, three smaller ones. A further ten feet along, I find two more larger beds, but not as large as the first bed.
I pursue the deer, but, unable to get closer, break off, and come back to the beds. Satisfying my curious nature, I circle the beds, and find one more, at the top of the hill, about ten yards from the first group, with a clear view in one direction, and the smaller beds covering the other direction. This one is very large indeed.

Ok, lets see if the armchair, and the real hunters are up to the task. Id those beds.
 
ok lets have a stab at this
large bed = dominate buck
three beds = threes does
two other beds= lesser bucks
other bed = dominates back up bed when wind changes
 
I'll guess the last bed you found has a view that faces away from the prevailing winds.The large buck will smell what he can't see, and see what he can't smell. The smaller clumps of beds were probably those of does that might have a view that the top position cannot see.
 
well i went over all you wrote JYC:p..
i,ll take a guess and say you missed another deer:p..
:needPics:

i hope a camera is on your xmas wish list:cool:

BTW..nice find on the freshly made beds;)
 
First bed is a dry doe.....then three more does close by....the next two beds are a buck and a doe.....the last bed you found was another doe.
 
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John Y Cannuck said:
Ok, I'm out in the bush today, and I see a big whitetail, maybe a hundred yards off, in thick timber. I attempt to get closer, and in so doing, move up along a short ridge between two fields.
In that ridge, I come upon a very large whitetail bed, very fresh, and ten feet away, three smaller ones. A further ten feet along, I find two more larger beds, but not as large as the first bed.
I pursue the deer, but, unable to get closer, break off, and come back to the beds. Satisfying my curious nature, I circle the beds, and find one more, at the top of the hill, about ten yards from the first group, with a clear view in one direction, and the smaller beds covering the other direction. This one is very large indeed.

Ok, lets see if the armchair, and the real hunters are up to the task. Id those beds.
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A long shot without seeing the beds but:
First bed, large doe. Next3, fawns.
Next 2, does.
Last bed, small buck.
 
Ok, my figuring goes like this.

The first large bed was an older large doe, (She stood up and made a nice round puddle hole in her bed before she left, and had very large tracks.) the three close by were this years fawns, small tracks, she had triplets.
The two a little further away were yearlings, by track size, and bed size, ### unknown.
The last big bed, the largest of the group, was a large buck, his tracks were at least as large as the one I shot. He sprayed a nice stripe in his tracks a short distance from his bed.
Nice location, He was looking cross wind, but could see well for better than 180 degrees. He had a line of deer behind him in the bush to protect his back.
He could drop over the side and disappear into the cedar swamp in a few bounds.
I found it interesting that he's still rubbing trees, I found a new rub on a 4" elm tree in the field. Evidently, his rack is still solidly attached, unlike the one I shot.

Snow is quite deep, and my legs are shot from wading through it. I forgot to take my keys in to get the snowshoes out of the back building.
tomorrow if it doesn't pour rain I'll grab 'em.
 
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