Hoollllllyy crap! I don't know if that would of happened in a fight or not, maybe his antler/face got smacked by a mirror and he's lucky to still be walking.
I've been fortunate enough to see two different mature buck fights. One of them they got locked together and the smaller bodied deer was killed in a matter of minutes by a tine in the neck and the other bucks relentless attack. The other fight lasted about 1 minute at most and it was incredibly loud and very intense. The body size and strength of two mature bucks ramped up on testosterone can produce severely broken antlers and sometimes death. It's crazy to see in person how hard two bucks can be on each other. What we reproduce by rattling can never compare to a full on fight
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