Field & Stream

Chasing

speaking, the peak of the rut (when the majority of does are being bred) is still about a week away, but now is absolutely the peak of buck activity—the main event that every deer hunter has been waiting for. Bucks are desperate to breed, and the fact that most does aren’t ready is almost too much for them. So they fight among themselves and badger does

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