I’ve heard this said in the past and its been my opinion as well that bucks just don’t like to hang out around does during most of the year…..rut being the exception. They would seek out other places to bed away from the areas where the does were bedding and living…While there’s likely still some truth to that from a social aspect….my opinion has changed a little bit on what causes this. I think its much more a function of buck dispersal and where the young bucks end up calling home in the very beginning. Think about it for a minute…..When the young bucks leave their mamas and go off to find a new home….What happens? Where do they eventually stop and set up shop???......What happens when they run up on that nice bedding area beside the nice green field that’s full of does??.....They get whopped on the head and kicked on down the road eventually finding a place to call home where there are no aggressive does …..That’s likely what they set up as their core area for the rest of their life…..So the fact that they hang out most of the year where few does live was a function of where they found a place to fit-in in the beginning.....Just a thought…..