I do like catching them on two cameras!
I am most excited to see the action at the deer scrape. The doe, and the younger buck wandered by.
The videocam ran out of juice, the buck was there, but also here on the driveway!
🦌It is rutting season. It's also deer hunting season, so the deer are a bit antsy. Hormones and fight or flight.
The bucks make a 'scrape' and urinate on their glands to put out their boy smells. They nudge a tree branch above them, to spread out more scent. I don't know if it is meant to make the females happy or the other males jealous! I saw a pair copulate in the backyard one year. Of course I videotaped it! (Not for the squeamish!)
Here is our big buck doing his thing at the scrape. They are spreading their scent.
The raccoons were quiet after it snowed and got cold. This is prior to the storm.
This is what we expect Sunday morning↓. A power outage. Hopefully we'll get back up by lunch-time!
Visit more critters here: Saturday's Critters # 622.
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