Walkin' til they die

[Sailfish]

Great article on the deer and their range, QDM and age.
Amazing based on the data that to get a full mature deer even with the surrounding lands practicing QDM that the odds were very, very small.
If I recall the best he had was a 4.5 yo.
Without fences them fellers will walk!
 

[danesdad]

There probably are not many of them, either.

[FlDeerman]

We've found that we see good bucks that have never been seen all summer if we remove a lot of does.So yes I think they walk.Good for us bad for where ever they come from. 

[EatDeer]

The bucks that hang around the best habitat can be worth a few young bucks wandering away! If you have the doe's you'll have bucks sooner or later! I think because of the pressure in most places, any 3.5 year old buck should be considered old enough to harvest by a hunter.  The smart  6+ yearold buck's you don't know are there are the ones that suprise you.  Hunters harvest monster bucks in heavily hunted area's all the time, so it does happen on occasion.