I went out in the backyard along the woods and overnight a buck had made three scrapes. He is going to have a hard time finding a girlfriend. The only one I know of in this area is a huge old doe. She comes and eats out of the bird feeder. There was a younger doe and her yearling daughter but both were killed in the same accident, struck by a car.
I have seen several dead does on the side of the road. Part of deer courtship is for the doe to run away from the bucks, testing them to see how long and how fast they can follow. Eventually they will stop and stand for the most worthy buck. Unfortunately in this patchwork of woods, fields and suburbs they run out into the road and that is the end of them. And the end of many cars and some people too.
I am glad we don't have moose!
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