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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Rut Is Slowing...

Rut action is slowing down and I think the peak has passed.  This post will share some of the photos of the rut not posted earlier. 

I spotted this buck coming out of a creek bed early one morning.  He was following a doe…
 

When smaller bucks get too close to a doe the larger buck chases him off; this happens over and over again until the larger buck can breed the doe…
 
 I noticed the buck in the next photos limping but I could not tell what might be wrong with him.  I finally was able to see that his right front foot was swollen at the metatarsal area…

 

This buck is visiting a licking branch.  He is leaving his scent by licking and rubbing his pre-orbital scent glands on the branch. Deer of both sexes utilize these branches…



This buck is trailing a doe.  He will likely follow her until the moment she is ready to mate…






Here, a button buck walked up to a much larger deer and invited him to spar.  Fortunately for the button buck, the older deer ignored him…

 

Some bucks are still moving about, hoping to find a doe that has not been bred yet…


 




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2 comments:

  1. Lindsjö taxarNovember 28, 2013 at 3:42 PM

    Great documented!
    Majsan/

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  2. Steve FerendoDecember 19, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    Thanks. Bucks have been hard to spot recently. They are probably laying low, recovering from the effort of the rut.

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