Rut Buddies

[boneaddict]

Peak of the rut and these two guys were hanging out like buddies.  This was a weird rut year. 

[scottfrick]

Mule deer are fascinating! Look at the size of that bucks body 🤯 great photo Bone!!

[2MANY]

I can smell it from here.

[bearhunter99]

Big ole swollen neck!  I saw more of this than usual myself where there were bucks hanging out together.  Maybe one of them was identifying as a doe?

[Knocker of rocks]

Oh, you wrote “rut buddies”.

I misread it.

[PsoasHunter]

That neck is ridiculous. Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[Pathfinder101]

I agree that something was weird this year.  Rut was going full bore in Pogue, then just shut off for three days like someone turned off a faucet.  Went from watching mature bucks pushing harems to 0 rut activity literally overnight.  I even encountered a bachelor herd of 4, with a large buck in it. Then, all of a sudden, it turned back on.  Mature bucks acting crazy and pushing does again...

[270Flat]

Old man having the “talk” with the boy 🤣