Jan

9

Here's an example of life and death in the wild.

Bucks fight each other to establish dominance and to gain breeding rights. In a case like this, there is usually a "hot doe" (a doe in estrus) nearby that is receptive to be bred. Sometimes the end result falls into the "unintended consequences" category.

I have personally witnessed, on several occasions, bucks fighting in the wild. The tussles that I've seen have ranged from friendly sparring to minor tussles to establish dominance. I've never seen a knock down drag out fight.

Sometimes you've just got to be careful which fights you pick. The speculating lessons are:

1. You better make sure you pick a game you can win in an arena that you are comfortable with.

2. If you're going to risk big, you'd better be ready to lose big.

3. Even though it may puff up your ego to win against a big and strong opponent, you're better off fighting those battles you know you are likely to win (wilderness translation: It wasn't necessary for these two bucks to fight. Since in most areas there is a 3 to 1 doe to buck ratio (and that's on the low end), and there are also other areas with a 10 to 1 or more ratio, you should walk away from the fight and go breed the doe on the next ridge. If the goal is to breed the doe, then breed the doe … while taking the course of least resistance). Remember, it's not about crushing a foe, or extracting every possible penny out of every trade … it's about making money.

4. Don't let your ego get in the way of a profitable trade.

5. Make your money on the trade (wilderness translation: breeding the easy way does), and then get out while the gettin's good!


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