Sunday morning while bowhunting in Craig County, I witnessed my first rutting activity of this autumn. I watched a 2 1/2-year-old six pointer stroll up a mountain on a logging road. But when he reached a fork in the road, he was met by a 3 1/2-year-old eight pointer that was not pleased with the appearance.
The eight made an aggressive move on the six, then made a scrape on the road. The six pointer decided that the best thing to do was back off about 15 yards. The budding skirmish settled fairly amicably, the two then proceeded to walk up the mountain, the six pointer following discretely behind.
About half hour later, I arrowed a deer and was home for lunch, so it was a good morning.
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