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Mating Season Is Over

keithboonePosted for animal-lovers Pod Members to comment on, 4 years ago2 min read

I was watching the deer in the cemetery the other day. I have a healthy respect for those antlers because I think they could do some serious damage, so I make sure not to get too close. I know the photo below makes it look as though I was very close, but I've cropped it quite a bit so that you can actually see the animal.

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As I watched them, I soon formed the opinion that mating season was over because the males were not fighting. If you check the picture below you can see three males who seem to be watching each other carefully, but there was no fighting.

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Even though the deer are very tame, I would never get as close as the people in the next photo. They were way too close and if it was still mating season, this might have been dangerous... When I got home I looked up the details about the mating season, and it seems to run from mid October to mid December.

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I'll leave you with one more photo... aren't they cute? It does seem a little sad though. No more sex until October??? Sometimes I'm happy to be a human! :heart_eyes: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :grinning:

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All photos were taken by me, @keithboone. Thanks very much for checking out my post :+1:

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