I must be hunting nomadic bucks because this is not true at all on my Barbour County property. Number 1 on the hit list will disappear for months at a time and then magically show up again, and this is not always during the rut. I have had pictures of him for 4 years now and there is no obvious repeating pattern to when he leaves or comes back. The only repeating pattern is that he turns nocturnal just before bow season each year and stays that way until just after gun season closes, regardless of human activity on the property. Of course during the rut, I get all kind of new bucks showing up on camera, all at night.