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Rutting Buck

Rutting Buck

 

A rutting buck can mean danger

When he’s about your place

He challenges all in anger

And chases them away

 

He runs with his doe

Up and down the woods

The others watch them go

With the match there understood

 

The times that they rest

Are few and far between

It’s his stamina that she tests

And her tactics keep him lean

 

The romance is usually over

After several days

In a month they’ll do it over

If again she turns his way

 

The squirrels all celebrate

When the ruckus is finally through

They chase each other round and round

And do some mating too