chuck123wapati Report post Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) Took this yesterday in my front yard, can you guess why he is smiling?miling? Edited December 5, 2019 by chuck123wapati correction Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rockoboy Report post Posted December 5, 2019 I'm guessing he's got his eyes on the doe! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck123wapati Report post Posted December 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, Rockoboy said: I'm guessing he's got his eyes on the doe! lol yup more like he has his nose on the doe, they put off a scent during their estrus cycle that makes these old boys follow em around like lovesick puppies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpymann Report post Posted December 5, 2019 To quote the Great American philosopher Homer J Simpson "Doh!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheilajeanne Report post Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Yup, it's all about sex! It's called the flehman response: https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/record-quest/2012/11/flehman-response-why-do-rutting-bucks-curl-their-lips/ He's drawing her scent into the Jacobson's gland in the roof of his mouth, so he can tell if she's in heat. Many animals do this. Here's a horse doing it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flehmen_response Edited December 6, 2019 by Sheilajeanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
