Buddies

Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus)

 

I came upon these two youngish bucks during rut a few years ago. Without a doe anywhere in sight they did a little friendly sparring for what I can only assume was practice and perhaps venting a little testosterone build up. After a few minutes of wrestling the downhill looser spent a moment or two grooming the victor.

 

Siskiyou Mountains - Jackson County - Southern Oregon

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