About mid morning on Sunday while on stand I heard crashing in the timber just over the ridge. (from a thicket where deer commonly bed during the day) I could see several deer coming through the brush, and the 1st deer I saw was a small buck. He was obviously running from something and he barely slowed down at the top of the ridge before charging down the wooded ravine past me and up the other side. I did not watch him too closely because I’ve seen him before and I could hear grunting coming from behind him so I got ready. As the next deer approached I expected to see a bigger buck, but what I saw was a huge doe(I think). Anyway this deer stopped at the top of the ridge and surveyed the area for a couple seconds apparently saw the little buck and took off right after him. (I heard the 1st deer take off again.) This second deer passed within about 10 yards of my stand and it was plainly going grunt, grunt, grunt just like I've heard bucks do many times, but no antlers. A few seconds later a doe and a yearling showed up at the same ridge but stopped and took a right and slowly went south, and a larger yearling (or small 1 ½ year old doe) came around the ridge from the north and stopped under my stand for 1-2 minutes (doing an occasional soft bleat), eventually she walked away to the east following in the direction of the 1st 2 deer. None of these deer were out of breath when they came by, so they had not been running very long.
What did I see? Was it .
1. A mad very large old doe chasing a young buck that was harassing her or her yearling(s). (grunting?)
2. A larger antlerless buck chasing a young buck out of his territory? (can an old buck be antlerless)
3. A group of deer that were chased off their beds by pheasant hunters. (location makes it unlikely)
4. A huge old doe that the young buck thought was too ugly for his taste? (just kidding)
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? My guess was that it was a mad doe, but I’ve never seen a doe this large, or heard a doe grunt or seen one chase a buck(admittedly he was a small buck). I do remember many years ago I had a couple bow hunting friends try to convince me that they had seen a large antlerless buck, but until now I thought they were confused. (now I am not so sure?)
What did I see? Was it .
1. A mad very large old doe chasing a young buck that was harassing her or her yearling(s). (grunting?)
2. A larger antlerless buck chasing a young buck out of his territory? (can an old buck be antlerless)
3. A group of deer that were chased off their beds by pheasant hunters. (location makes it unlikely)
4. A huge old doe that the young buck thought was too ugly for his taste? (just kidding)
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? My guess was that it was a mad doe, but I’ve never seen a doe this large, or heard a doe grunt or seen one chase a buck(admittedly he was a small buck). I do remember many years ago I had a couple bow hunting friends try to convince me that they had seen a large antlerless buck, but until now I thought they were confused. (now I am not so sure?)
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