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In the rut

By James Swan
ESPNOutdoors.com

Friday, October 16, 2009

From my office window I look down a hillside through some trees to a house about 100 yards away. As I start this article, a forkhorn blacktail buck is rubbing his antlers against a pine tree about 8 feet tall. This tree has lots of branches, so he may break off one or two, like a buck already has done to a small oak tree in my yard. His purpose is to deposit secretions from his pre-orbital and forehead glands. Territory marking time. A pine tree in my yard, about six feet tall, has no lower bra ...

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