Doe Behavior....I noticed something last night

[Ray Lyon]

Roger, your hunch may very well be right. The other thought I had regarding this is if this was the biggest, old matriarch doe in the area, she may have been saying 'back off' to any other deer nearby. I've watched a big doe with a single fawn chase multiple younger does off the small hunting food plot behind my house all summer (the plot is 15 yards by 10 yards wide). Usually just a look from the big doe sent the others scampering, but sometimes she'd walk towards them stomping her feet.

[Slickhead]

Could be placing scent to let her fawns know where she is or whats for dinner.

If I see a deer this year I'll ask them  

[LookMomNoSights]

Very cool....and interesting!  Rest assure,  whatever that behavior is exactly, contributes to testament that these animals we hunt are true masters of the woods,  forcing us to keep on our toes if we want that meat!!!

[BrownA5]

Roger, great observation.  Thanks for sharing this with us!

[Roger Norris]

Originally posted by Ray Lyon:
Roger, your hunch may very well be right. The other thought I had regarding this is if this was the biggest, old matriarch doe in the area, she may have been saying 'back off' to any other deer nearby. I've watched a big doe with a single fawn chase multiple younger does off the small hunting food plot behind my house all summer (the plot is 15 yards by 10 yards wide). Usually just a look from the big doe sent the others scampering, but sometimes she'd walk towards them stomping her feet.

She WAS a big doe...the one I told you about on the phone the other night. Could be. Thinking back on it though, the stomping stopped when the little ones came out of the swamp. And they came like they were on a string. But to your theory, I have seen this doe before (I think) and I have never seen her with other deer, other than her fawns.