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Ever seen a buck in a batting cage? 🦌 During the rut, or deer breeding season, bucks are so preoccupied with finding does that they become less wary of their surroundings, exhibiting behaviors that make them vulnerable such as becoming more active during daylight hours. In this episode of "Oh Deer!," a buck found itself sparring with a batting cage net rather than with another buck. Urban Wildlife Program staff worked quickly to cut the netting away from the antlers. After just a few minutes, t

These are the last days of pre-breeding and into the breeding stage. You’re apt to see a buck prowling with his nose to the ground (with or without a doe in sight), chasing a gal flat-out, standing over a doe and guarding her, or even mounting one. Studies show that most mature does come into heat around November 7 or 8, and 80 percent of them will be bred over the next two weeks. If you suddenly stop seeing bucks on the move, the “lockdown” has begun; mature bucks have moved receptive does away

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This Key deer buck is displaying “rubbing” behavior to remove the velvet from his antlers. This process involves the deer rubbing his antlers against trees, bushes, and other objects to remove the velvet, which is a soft, blood-rich tissue that covers the deer’s growing antlers. As the velvet dries and starts to itch, the buck rubs his antlers to remove it, exposing the hard, calcified antler beneath it. This behavior is a sign that the buck’s antlers are maturing and getting ready for rutting s