Thread: Post rut Fallow Deer activity

What are considered the 'typical' post rut fallow deer activities? The block I am hunting this weekend is almost exclusively alpine tussock with almost no bush cover. Elevation starts at around 1000m and the tops/peaks at are at around 2000m. In the past on this block at this time of year on this block I have seen fallow down low 1000m-1200m when the is colder weather and a scattering of snow on the tops, but a few weeks later when the snow has gone they are higher up 1300-1400m.

On the assumption that the rut has finished up for the year, would it be right to expect the bucks mob up with other males and stay at higher altitude as a general rule, with the females and younger deer staying at lower altitude or do they tend to hang in the general vicinity together for a while?. My experience with alpine hunting (targeting reds) is that the stags are generally way up the top in amongst the snow line and the hinds and young deer are lower down in the guts and gullies. Do Fallow bucks hang up around the snowline like stags or are they more temperature sensitive and hang at elevation, but below the snowline?