Buck Fights - Deer fighting
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Mule Deer fighting and related clips, such as events leading up to, or immediately following, a fight. This collection includes males of the species engaged in SERIOUS fights. This includes serious buck fights, bull elk fights, and bull buffalo fights. I try to keep my fighting clips away from my sparring clips as they are two different things. Fighting is costly in terms of energy and it involves a high degree of risk that the buck or bull will be injured. Serious injuries can put a stop to the buck’s rutting and breeding activities, since, if they are injured, they can’t compete with the more dominant males. Note: If you want to see real fights do a search for “serious buck fights”. Most of those are mine. Mule Deer Bucks or Bull Elk sparring, is like wrestling or mock fighting. They do this as practice for real fights and to strengthen neck muscles and other muscles used in fights. At the same time it serves to establish their dominance hierarchy, so that when two bucks meet they understand the "pecking order". Much of this sparring occurs in winter after the main rut is over. If a buck wants to move up in the hierarchy he needs to defeat his opponent, either by out-sparring him or by getting into an out and out fight and winning. Sparring is preferred since it uses less energy and is less costly and less dangerous than an actual fight. Note that my "Sparring" Collection is different from my "Deer Fighting" Collections, which show "Serious Buck Fights", which are real fights. Sparring is like playing "patty-cakes" compared to an all out serious fight.
Buck Fights - Deer fighting Stock Footage
