rut

I have herd of hair loss in doe and fawns but never in a buck. Right after the rut I noticed he had a football sized bald patch on his rump, the skin looked healthy, no scabs or sores. At first I thought that since we had our first cold snap in the weather that maybe when he was laying down...

Just for information, if you have a yearling, but Do not want to breed. What is your prefered method of castration (if any)? What would also be if any, the consequinces of the castration? Some people have suggested using a rubber band. Open to any all suggestions.

I am coming to texas the week after christmas on a deer hunt was just wondering what the rut conditions and weather conditions are that time of year. We will be hunting around Llano if that helps.

I thought it would be interesting to hear what some of you are experiencing/ seeing in and out of your pens with rut approaching us. Feel free to share what behavior oddities you have seen. November 1st 1:00am I noticed my breeder buck who is only a yearling pacing a side of the pen facing a...