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Coastal Black-tailed Deer Buck or Columbian black-tailed deer buck (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus). Late Fall, Pacific Northwest. He has picked up some old dead fern leaves while rubbing/thrashing the bushes with his antlers during the rut.
©Tom & Pat Leeson
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