BLEATING LIKE A YOUNG DEER IN DISTRESS, A BUCK TROTS AFTER A DOE.HE IS TRYING TO GET NEAR ENOUGH TO COAX HER TO URINATE. THEN HE WILL SNIFF AND CURL HIS LIPS SO THAT A NASAL ORGAN CAN ANALYZE HER URINE;

THE LEVEL OF HORMONES WILL TELL WHETHER THE DOE IS READY TO BREED. BUT THE DOE HAS A GENETIC MISSION; TO BE SELECTED BY THE FITTEST. AND SHE SKIPS ALONG, RETAINING HER URINE.

NOW BUCK TRIES ANOTHER COURTSHIP STRATEGY.WHIT A SUDDEN LEAP A SLAP OF THE GROUND, AND A HORRIBLE ROAR, HE FRIGHTENS HER MUCH THAT SHE URINATES.

FROM SUCH AUTUMN RITUALS COME IN MAY,JUNE,OR JULY THE BIRTH OF YOUNG, USUALLY TWINS.