re: IST/IBT 1-10-16

Yeah that was a pretty neat study when the data first started coming in. At that time, the farthest that any had traveled was like 27 miles, which was ridiculous. Then, one little guy went 36. That's a long damn ways! Lol. The does will flat run the button bucks off. It's one of the cornerstone principles we used to illustrate the effect your neighbors, even those many miles from you, have on your hunting success. While it is obvious that a neighbor can directly affect your hunting by shooting everything that moves, no one thinks of the fawn recruitment from other areas.

But one thing to consider that these findings didn't mention, which is data that was also discovered...does tend to have more fawns of a particular sex for whatever reason. And buck fawns through yearlings tend to disperse to areas of lower buck density regardless of many other factors.

All that said. Once the fawn has lost its spots, it is thought that the fawn is good to go on its own.