Bucks Fighting

[Charmin]

Watched a couple of whitetail bucks fighting this evening outside our yard fence. They squared off and locked horns, broke loose and squared off again.
Then as I watched, they made a couple of scrapes, snorted and postured a little bit but didn't hook up anymore.
Really cool to watch! I LOVE deer season!!

 

[fyrffytr1]

WOW!! That's something you don't see every day!

 

[Charmin]

WOW!! That's something you don't see every day!

Nope...you don't see this very often. I wish I had been videoing it! It was so neat to see them fighting.
Thanks for the comments fyrffytr1!

 

[River Rat]

Great pics!

 

[Charmin]

Great pics!

Thanks RR!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice photographs Charmin. Thanks for sharing...

 

[mamabear]

What a treat to be able to watch that! I am amazed at the difference in color.

 

[TNGUNS]

I am an avid deer hunter. Have only seen it a couple of times in over 30 years hunting. I have heard them several times. Awesome pics.

 

[Charmin]

Nice photographs Charmin. Thanks for sharing...

Thanks vpnavy!

 

[Charmin]

What a treat to be able to watch that! I am amazed at the difference in color.

Thanks mamabear....Since we feed just outside our fence, we've seen this quite a few times. The darker colored one is an old buck---he's been coming in to the feeder since 2007/2008. I think they get darker as they mature.
We call the darker colored one the "Tall Buck" because he has really long G2 tines---and he's really easy to recognize because he has a double throat patch and is missing his left eye(from fighting with another buck). We've even found a couple of his sheds!
Here's a collage showing how he's grown:

 

[Charmin]

I am an avid deer hunter. Have only seen it a couple of times in over 30 years hunting. I have heard them several times. Awesome pics.

Thanks TNGUNS. These deer are free range, but they tend to stay in this area. We've taken thousands of pictures and have witnessed a lot of neat stuff. I really like watching the does fight.....the rear up on their hind legs and box, and the hair flies!

 

[packerbacker]

Look like some big boys! Lots of good eating there.

 

[Charmin]

Look like some big boys! Lots of good eating there.

Thanks packerbacker....We've been pouring the cattle cake, creep feed and corn to them! They'll loose a lot of that fat when the rut starts, but they're really healthy looking right now.

 

[rginn]

Excellent pics, charmin. That darker buck is my favorite. Niiiiice lookin buck.

 

[Charmin]

Excellent pics, charmin. That darker buck is my favorite. Niiiiice lookin buck.

Thanks RGINN. He's my favorite too. And he's a tough old booger.....He lost that left eye when he was about 3, but it didn't slow him down any. He's one of the dominant bucks in this area.

 

[mamabear]

the collage was a great idea. I have dogs so not much wildlife comes through my place. Although last yr there were about a dozen turkey walking all in a straight line to the big cedar by the house. Didn't have my camera!

 

[tamrock]

How awesome nature can be at times. I'm happy you got to see that.

 

[old digger]

Excellent photo encounter!

Now all you need to do is to arrange those cattle cakes in a manner so they lead into the shed, and as soon as they go in, shut the door, ''Presto'' venison is awaiting. ,

 

[Charmin]

How awesome nature can be at times. I'm happy you got to see that.

Me too, Tamrock....It was a neat experience. I'm glad the pictures didn't come out too blurry!

 

[rginn]

You know I got a new 50# recurve, and it will sail that arrow dead on every time, so....nah, long as Safeway has hamburger meat on sale and I can afford it that ole buck's safe from me. We never hunted for sport, always for subsistence.