LARGE WILD BUCK WHITETAILS FIGHT TO AN END FOR DOMINANCE
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LARGE WILD BUCK WHITETAILS FIGHT TO AN END FOR DOMINANCE
Two large bucks lock antlers, push, and shove during a fight. The deer on the right (Contender I) appears to be a 10-point buck (its right antler is at least a 5-pt. and the left, at least a 4-pt. with possibly a small pt. near the tip). The deer on the left has antlers that are much thicker at the base than those of the deer on the right, but they have been broken off. It is likely this deer would have had a much larger rack-perhaps a 12-point or more. The deer on the left is darker and larger. (These were wild deer in a natural setting - on our farm taped by Scott and extracted from a longer film.) Other views of wild deer on the farm include: Big Bucks Fighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Steezj61Dsk Monster Non-Typical Moose-Sized Buck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCaXqf-FPTI A white deer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tArW4yW4WE Other views of this white deer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJmzjgclqk Another white deer on the farm -- the banded one & sibling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wilKE77tNCA A white deer being stalked by coyotes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJmzjgclqk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-KgLz2QCg Several strange deer on the farm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luKMF7wZW_0 Three deer fighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKethdqSHXg Big bucks run and jump http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKY825zkWtI http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=v&user=IrenaScott... Big bucks fighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbvO0x_UCxU Deer and coyote standoff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hjsIW3UgeQ Big Bucks & Antler sheds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KvqVzMYyag ** Some of the world's largest bucks live in Ohio. Some of its world champion bucks have Boone and Crockett scores of over 300 points. Ohio's Beatty Buck may be the (or among the) largest ever taken by a hunter. That title of the largest whitetail, ever, in the record books belongs to the "Missouri Monarch," a 333-7/8 buck found dead on the side of a road in 1982 near St. Louis. In second place is the legendary "Hole in the Horn," found dead in Ohio in 1940, however, many whitetail experts think that it is actually the largest set of whitetail deer antlers in history. It may be the most famous whitetail known. The male white-tailed deer, or buck (Odocoileus virginianus - normally called the whitetail), can weigh up to around 500 pounds http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:7cLce5HsdasJ:espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/s/h_deer_forecast05_MN.html+heaviest+whitetail&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us and the female up to 175 pounds. Males of one year or older have antlers. Young bucks with very small antlers are called button bucks. When the antlers begin to grow in the late spring, they are covered with a very vascular tissue known as velvet or moss. This drops off later. The Boone & Crockett scoring system is used to rate antlers or racks. Bucks shed their antlers at the end of breeding season (rut). Some female deer also have antlers. The piebald or white deer, a deer having more white than normal but not an albino, is very rare. Deer have an amazing assortment of communicative signs. Approximately 100 different vocalizations have been recorded, such as tending grunts, dominant grunts, bleats, and many others. They make extensive use of sign language. The whitetail is found throughout most of the U.S., southern Canada, Central America, and in the northern portions of South America. It is a generalist, which can adapt to a wide variety of habitats, including woodland, open savanna, and even sage areas.
YouTube | October 24, 2007
