Peek into 36 hours of rut activity for two GPS-collared white-tailed deer, and you’ll understand why the breeding season can be so taxing for them. Collar 40440 (Buck A, blue) and Collar 29536 (Buck B, pink) are both mature bucks within a subsection of the Southwest Wisconsin CWD, Deer and Predator Study area. This video shows their interactions from Nov. 11-13, 2020, when Buck A was 4.5 years old and Buck B was 3.5 years old. Thirty-six hours is condensed into 50 seconds, and there’s a lot of a