11-08-2005, 08:38 PM
From the DWR Website:
http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/05-11/dead_elk.php
Last modified: Friday, November 04, 2005
A fight to the death claims the life of two buck deer![[Image: dead_elk2.jpg]](http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/05-11/dead_elk2.jpg)
Two mature bucks lie dead after a fatal fight.
Photo by Sergeant Edward Meyers & A J Rogers, ranch foreman
Apparently, last Saturday, two mature mule deer bucks clashed in a fatal fight for breeding rights at the Nash Wash WMA in the South Book Cliffs.
One buck with a 27-inch-wide, 3 x 4 rack was examined by Sergeant Meyers and was found to have suffered two broken legs as well as numerous puncture wounds.
The second buck, a 24-inch 4 x 4, exhibited numerous scrapes and a fatal puncture wound to the throat.
Although competition for breeding rights is common among most animals, fights don't usually end in the death of one or both combatants. Nonetheless, many adolescent and adult males bear scars and injuries from such encounters.
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http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/05-11/dead_elk.php
Last modified: Friday, November 04, 2005
A fight to the death claims the life of two buck deer
Two mature bucks lie dead after a fatal fight.
Photo by Sergeant Edward Meyers & A J Rogers, ranch foreman
Apparently, last Saturday, two mature mule deer bucks clashed in a fatal fight for breeding rights at the Nash Wash WMA in the South Book Cliffs.
One buck with a 27-inch-wide, 3 x 4 rack was examined by Sergeant Meyers and was found to have suffered two broken legs as well as numerous puncture wounds.
The second buck, a 24-inch 4 x 4, exhibited numerous scrapes and a fatal puncture wound to the throat.
Although competition for breeding rights is common among most animals, fights don't usually end in the death of one or both combatants. Nonetheless, many adolescent and adult males bear scars and injuries from such encounters.
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