HOSS
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I have a button buck named "charlie". This spring he was born as a twin in the small 5 acre woodlot behind the house. I have this woodlot and the adjacent 5 acre pasture fenced with field fence and two strands of barb. Every evening charlies momma would take him and his sibling out into the pasture to the fence edge and she would jump the fence and try and get the twins to follow. To make a long story short charlie never would jump the fence. His sibling did and eventually the mother just left charlie. Well charlie still lives in my horse / bull pasture. It is interesting to see him interact with his pasture mates. He will follow my horse around and mimick him. Grazes when he grazes, drinks when he drinks. He even lays down within a few feet of the bull at night when it is cold. My herd bull doesn't seem to mind at all. I put my lab into the pasture every day because he likes to swin in the pond. He is old and blind in one eye but still a pup at heart. He will see the deer and chase him about 20 yards and give up. The deer will stop and come back closer and closer until the dog chases him again. It is like a game and great entertainment for the whole family. Charlie eventually gives up when the dog tires and he goes back into the woodlot for a deer nap or whatever browsing he finds interesting. I ususally go out to feed in the mornings and he will let me get to within 25 feet or so before he moves off and watches me. By the end of spring he may be pretty tame. He is very active and I have seen him jump logs and downed tree tops with no effort. I know he can jump the fence but I think he has some kind of mental block. My father thinks that he may have tried to jump it when he was younger and got hung up and now he is afraid. We found a spot where the fence was stressed like something was hung up in it. It might have been him. It is very interesting to sit on the deck and watch the animals of totally different species interact right in my back yard.
