While driving home from an unsuccessful day hunt for spring bear, on a dirt road near Augusta I came across these two antelope bucks that did not seem to care about my presence, nor get out of the road.
At first I thought they were stuck together somehow, so I got out of the pickup to see if there was something I could do to help (probably not my smartest thought), but as I approached them, the separated horns for about half of a second to look at me, and without moving nor showing any regard for my presence, immediately continued having a knock down, drag out fight for about 15 or so minutes before I decided to keep driving onward.
Is this common for these things to fight this time of year? Did the cool front coming in potentially mess with their internal calendars? Or are they just establishing some sort of hierarchy?
At first I thought they were stuck together somehow, so I got out of the pickup to see if there was something I could do to help (probably not my smartest thought), but as I approached them, the separated horns for about half of a second to look at me, and without moving nor showing any regard for my presence, immediately continued having a knock down, drag out fight for about 15 or so minutes before I decided to keep driving onward.
Is this common for these things to fight this time of year? Did the cool front coming in potentially mess with their internal calendars? Or are they just establishing some sort of hierarchy?
