Bucks and does together

I walked up on a buck and three does Saturday.

Seems pretty normal to me. I hate that you got downvoted 4 times for just making an observation. This place has changed.

When they are on food they don't care

Had quite a few deer out on Sunday morning that included multiple young bucks and multiple does at different ages. The older doe with babies would chase a young buck away if it got too close to her babies, but for the most part they were all getting along.

Another guy had a mature buck out with a group of young bucks and does. The mature buck was asserting his dominance by smacking the younger bucks with his hind legs every once in a while.

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I hate that you got downvoted 4 times for just making an observation.

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I hate that a few idiots abound but thats anywhere online. Just wish the keyboard cowboys would respond with why they don't like the post.

I'm a self taught hunter who had killed a few as a kid walking through the woods then quit to hunt ducks. I really took up deer hunting about 10 years ago. I've went from being stoked to kill a button with a crossbow to letting 3.5 year old P&Y deer walk at 15 yards and not even picking up my bow. I've learned a lot and can really help with some questions but I'm not afraid to ask when I don't know then answer. It seemed odd so I asked more experienced hunters.

If that isn't the point of message boards like this than I don't know what is. Thanks for the guys who responded with real information.

Yeah yesterday was a good reminder on just how little trail cameras catch. At one point I was able to pick out at least 19 deer in the field at once. If there were no reappearances I counted 32 deer, probably more like 25 total based on where they entered and exited. The camera didn't take a single pic. I'm actually having to re-evaluate our doe strategy. I had been assuming the pics I was getting were the same 2 groups, fairly sure we have roughly double what I thought.