Bluntly, we don't. However, very little happens by chance in the whitetail's world. Prime breeding territories and sanctuary areas stand out to bucks like motel vacancy signs do to us. If a dominant buck is taken by a hunter, a good territory will not be empty for long. Any successor must compete with other bucks for a prime area, and the best buck usually wins.
Individual bucks can be very picky about where they walk and which trees they rub.
If the lines are merely in the same area and favor different species or sizes of trees, it is probably an inherited territory. Spring The goal of postseason and winter scouting is to visualize how the past season's deer sign relates to the lay of the land. Many states open turkey season when the habitat more resembles winter than spring. On a hunt during one such season, a gobbler showed no interest in my counterfeit clucks. I decided to circle him and set up in a different spot.