3x White Tail Bucks Eating Together @ Big Creek Bike Trails Roswell GA - HD

Three White Tail Bucks - Roswell GA - HD

If you take a break from shredding the Mountain Bike Trails @ Big Creek Park, you never know what you may see. I observed these three White Tail Bucks eating just off the one of the trails... Is this behavior normal? I thought they were territorial...

"Did you know that only male deer have antlers?

Male deer or bucks have antlers which they shed each year. The antlers have one branched beam in front with several unbranched tines behind. At the beginning of every summer the new antlers grow and are covered in a thin layer of skin with fur or velvet attached. The velvet contains thin blood vessels which nourish the developing bony antlers. By late summer, when the antlers are fully grown, the velvet peels away and leaves the exposed bony antlers. The antlers are important for males because they help to attract mates and allow males to defend their territory from other males. Once the mating season is over, in late fall, the antlers shed off. The antlers that fall to the ground are quickly eaten by small animals craving calcium."

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