Originally Posted By: 2Dogs
Originally Posted By: Squadron77
The mature buck will find a doe close to estrus and stay with her until she is ready to breed and he will breed her for one to two days and then look for another doe. A mature buck


Studies have debunked the lock down phase. Some biologist are now saying that 24 hours is the upper limits. On average less. That helps explain why many does have twins fathered by different bucks. The only buck/doe I ever saw breed, was a wham bam thank you ma'am. Buck and doe happened upon each other , from different directions right in front of me. They did the deed and then went their separate ways. Whole show was less than 5 minutes.


t would be interesting to see what the antler characteristics of those fraternal twins would be like too. We have 2 sets of buck twins around, racks are near identical. If they were fathered by different bucks that would be a big piece of evidence that antler traits come from the does