The "rut" is the mating season for deer. The males will often rub their antlers on trees or shrubs, fight with each other, wallow in the mud or dust, and herd does that are in estrus.
A plainer explanation is that the bucks just go crazy. Normally cautious, they charge back and forth with a singular focus on the female of the species. Passing their own unique genetic DNA takes precedence over food, hunter bullets, or whatever.
This dawn on the Tin Star Ranch found four bucks and two does in the back pasture. The spike and the four point alternated between jousting with their immature horns and watching the "big boys" chase the does.
The "big boys" were two true wall hangers. Each sported eight long points of sharp protein enriched antler and a snoot full of testosterone fueled energy.
The season is six days away. Given the pace of this morning's courtship dance, these guys will be skinny rags by opening day if they don't slow down a bit?
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