Locked Up Already!
10-01-2008 | 10:47 AM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Phoenixville, PA USA
RE: Locked Up Already!
I saw two little ones really going at it last week. Look at the area they covered in the beans fighting and trying to get loose. I wonder how long they were locked up for.
10-01-2008 | 10:53 AM
#16
Typical Buck
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Panhandle of Texas
RE: Locked Up Already!
I've always wanted to get into the mind of a buck after such an incident.
Does he get the big head thinking he killed his rival and is now ready to take on anyone at anytime in the woods, or does he associate fighting with "near death" and runs to the "back 40" atthe sight of even the wimpiest deer in the woods?
I know, they don't rationalize and think like we do, so it probably doesn't even register, but I've still wondered such a thing in a humorous, light hearted kinda way.
Does he get the big head thinking he killed his rival and is now ready to take on anyone at anytime in the woods, or does he associate fighting with "near death" and runs to the "back 40" atthe sight of even the wimpiest deer in the woods?
I know, they don't rationalize and think like we do, so it probably doesn't even register, but I've still wondered such a thing in a humorous, light hearted kinda way.
10-01-2008 | 11:07 AM
#19
Fork Horn
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Dutchess County, NY
RE: Locked Up Already!
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Not too early, once their antlers harden they really feel each other out for dominance because prior to that they were buds and just boxed a little. Dominance is usually laid down long before the does even begin to come into estrous. (rut)
Not too early, once their antlers harden they really feel each other out for dominance because prior to that they were buds and just boxed a little. Dominance is usually laid down long before the does even begin to come into estrous. (rut)
