Bucks take the easy way as well as the Does

There are two glands on the inside of his back legs called the tarsal glands.  During the rut bucks will urinate on those glands, and with older ones the glands get stained and turn dark.  Unless I'm mistaken, by the looks of those pictures he has stains like that on the inside of both his back legs.  Either that or he has some unusual skin or fur coloring going on there.

The young ten in the foreground is one to watch for in 2012 or 2013.

Nice buck...I'd say 3.5 YO, but its really hard to tell from the one photo - he might be older than that. 

I knew a guy in ETX that leased 145 ac, and between he, his wife, and son took 4 or 5 good bucks off there in about 3 years, all by bow - they thought it was a 'buck sanctuary' where the big boys would hide out pre and post rut.  It would be interesting how many bucks stay on your place around the rut.

No bucks but fun toys !

I hope they come late !

A few scrawney bucks from this year during drought.

Opening weekend was nice!

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Both are shooter bucks but I'd love to arrow the really wide one. How old do y'all think he is.  5 1/2?

With the drought conditions, some of the bucks are looking rough...