. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 257 antlers, and the contest was renewed and continued for another five minutes. Finally one of the bucks backed off and started to nibble at a tuft of grass. The other buck rushed at him but this time he did not accept the challenge but turned tail and trotted off to a brush pile where he began to browse on dead oak leaves. The victorious buck made no effort to follow up or to punish his vanquished foe, seemi
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 257 antlers, and the contest was renewed and continued for another five minutes. Finally one of the bucks backed off and started to nibble at a tuft of grass. The other buck rushed at him but this time he did not accept the challenge but turned tail and trotted off to a brush pile where he began to browse on dead oak leaves. The victorious buck made no effort to follow up or to punish his vanquished foe, seemingly being content to let his adversary go unharmed the moment the opponent was willing to acknowledge defeat. In such battles between bucks, casualties are relatively rare. In my study of mule deer in California, I have found that now and then two large bucks will fight with such force and vigor that the tines of their antlers will be forced past each other and become locked, so that. Fig. 96. Two friendly California mule deer bucks, with antlers recently shed, biting ticks on each other's head and neck. Yosemite, February 8, 1930. Wild Life Division No. 775. both bucks become exhausted and eventually die a lingering death through their being unable to pull their antlers apart so that each might go his separate way. The chief purpose of the fighting that takes place between bucks appears to be to afford a series of competitive tryouts to see which buck shall be driven out and which one left to breed. FRIENDLINESS OF BUCKS As soon as the rutting season is over there is a marked change in the behavior of the larger bucks. Their antagonistic attitude toward each other is replaced by a general tolerance and even fellowship. For example, as early as January 14, 1921, near Sawmill Mountain on the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfe
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