"A Sand County Almanac"

"THERE ARE SOME WHO CAN LIVE WITHOUT WILD THINGS AND SOME WHO CANNOT."
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"LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE, AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER".....Albert Einstein


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Friday, September 14, 2012

Whitetail Doe Fight

Most people know that male mammals that grow antlers or horns (they are not the same thing), fight for dominance and breeding rights within the herd.  Many don't realize that females fight, too.  They establish a pecking order that results in one female being the "dominant doe".  This morning I encountered just such a fight...









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