CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT The younger bucks always start practicing well before the peak of the mule deer mating season, or rut. It was only September when I caught these two small bucks sparring. Layers of fall along the Frying Pan River. The rut for mule deer is in November and early December along the Frying Pan. You can find more mature bucks than any other time of year when their desire to mate outweighs their usual cautious and reclusive existence. THE FLYFISH JOURNAL 095
The Flyfish Journal The Flyfish Journal 13.4: Page 95
