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Old 12-02-2012, 02:00 PM
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Cool The Rut must be over! (picture HEAVY) :-)

I rarely see 2 Bucks together, but have on occasion. Today was one of those days. I went to a local gun show with my gun buddy, got back to the house, walked upstairs and looked out the back door. Only to see two Bucks coexisting and munching down on the feed Mrs. rags had put out earlier. The Rut must be over and they aren't “all horned up” anymore! (They did “go at it” briefly, once!) Before I knew it, I had taken 126 pictures! The motor drive is pretty fast.

The bigger 8 point is on the left and the smaller 10 point is on the right. I let them feed as I “shot them” with the my Canon T3i and back door cracked open.


I hope you enjoy the pictures... (those that can ZOOM with your browser, ZOOM!) Click on any picture for a bigger one...















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Old 12-02-2012, 03:02 PM
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I see the tree rat is getting his fair share too. Nice pix rags.
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Old 12-02-2012, 03:06 PM
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I see the tree rat is getting his fair share too. Nice pix rags.
Yep, you found the "Where's Waldo" tree rat in action.
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Yeah, the tarsal glands are no longer all blackened on the inside of their rear legs.

Good shootin' . . . but you can't get venison that way! LOL
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Old 12-02-2012, 03:20 PM
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Yeah, the tarsal glands are no longer all blackened on the inside of their rear legs.

Good shootin' . . . but you can't get venison that way! LOL
Wish I had some venison summer sausage right now!
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Old 12-02-2012, 04:02 PM
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Well,here's a pic you can chew on Bob.



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p.s. Nice bucks!
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Neck is still swollen on the eight. I talked to a guy that said the second rut was in for the does that didn't get bred first time around. Can't prove it by me. I haven't seen many bucks this year.

Nice pictures, they are very beautiful animals.
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Old 12-02-2012, 04:22 PM
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f.t.!!! I can't chew on THAT! (Do you need my address?)
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Perhaps they're 'alternative lifestyle domestic partners'?
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Old 12-02-2012, 09:58 PM
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Neck is still swollen on the eight. I talked to a guy that said the second rut was in for the does that didn't get bred first time around. Can't prove it by me. I haven't seen many bucks this year.

Nice pictures, they are very beautiful animals.
Thanks! Can't wait for the snow pics. That is if it snows this year! Then comes long walks looking for sheds.
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I had 2 bucks feeding together out back of the house last week. It was dusk. The heavy rut here was week of Nov 6th. I believe it is winding down here too.
Those are great pics Rags!
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The rut appears to peak for the whitetails, here in Central MT the week of Thanksgiving.

Seems to be over now. Two small bucks and an older 2-3 yr old were all eating together on the lawn yesterday.

We also had a small buck GORED by another with a bad wound to the neck. That was a first.
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Old 12-26-2012, 07:42 AM
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The bigger 8 pts. neck still looks swollen? The rut did come in early in N. Ms. but it's still on. Saw 4 bucks yesterday.They weren't together,almost got a chance to harvest a nice 8 I've been chasing since November...
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Those pictures tell me hunting season is over and they know it.
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Old 12-26-2012, 01:22 PM
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Those were taken in early December. Waiting for a few to show up today for some SNOW pic's. Stay tuned, you never know when they show up...
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Good pictures! What kind of camera you using?
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Thanks. Cannon T3i w/ the 250mm lens that came with. It does way more itself than I've learned thus far.
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