Have been watching the does lately. They’re in estrous now. And the boys know it.

The bucks push their noses in the air aggressively, scenting the females’ urine and estrous scents. Some of the bucks’ racks are broken off from recent fights with other bucks as part of vying for breeding the does.

I was flying today through Texas and into Arkansas to check on soldiers here that I’m blessed to serve now, and my wife texted me pictures of some the boys back home.

Glad to be here with fellow soldiers, but there’s no place like home.

Hard to beat fall in my neck of the woods.