Often, when a buck is making his presence known and establishing himself as ""the dominant"" buck in a structured hierarchy, you will see a variety of traits and behaviors that signal to other deer within this home range not to challenge or their presence will not be tolerated... This behavior typically comes from mid-to-higher age classed bucks. However, you will see the youngsters try to showcase their power amongst the herd but not having the body size of experience to back it up against a ma