The average dispersal distance for a yearling whitetail buck in the eastern U.S. is 1-4 miles .
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Deer disperse when they move away from their birth range and establish a new adult home range. Although there are exceptions, most white-tailed does move relatively short distances from where they were born to where they live as adults. As a result, they tend to retain overlapping home ranges with related females. Most bucks, on the other hand, establish adult home ranges separate from their birth range — sometimes traveling long distances to do so.
Average dispersal distances ranged from 1.9 miles to 23.6 miles, depending upon the amount of available forest cover. Typically, scant forest cover contributed to greater dispersal distance, sometimes exceeding 100 miles. Given the available data, it appears whitetails require at least 35 percent, and possibly as much as 50 percent, forest cover in order to minimize dispersal distance of young bucks.
Average dispersal distances for young bucks might range from less than 2 miles to more than 23 miles, depending upon the amount of forest cover available.
A yearling, on the other hand, is a deer experiencing its second year of life and will be 12 to 24 months old.
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