How to Use mating season in a Sentence

mating season

noun
  • After the mating season is over, the bucks lose their antlers.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The mating season is the only reason coyotes go out on the ice.
    — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • February is the start of the mating season.
    — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • What to know about tarantula mating season and where to see the hairy spiders.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Young monkeys have a yellow rump, and adult males have a bright blue rump during mating season.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Tarantula's mating season will be here just in time for the spooky season.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The birds gather in large flocks during fall and winter and break up during the mating season.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Male musk deer compete with each other every mating season by fighting with their fangs.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
  • Here’s what to know about tarantulas during their mating season.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 28 July 2025
  • During mating season, peafowl can make more noise than usual, as males call out to attract females.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2023
  • The warning, which was issued on Wednesday, comes as mating season kicked off in the park.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, guests have a good chance of seeing bull moose in the meadow below the lodge during the fall mating season.
    — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
  • They are also known for their music, singing songs during mating season that can be heard from 20 miles away.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
  • Now Sprenger, 44, sometimes sees two dozen or more grouse at a time during mating season.
    — Tammy Webber The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
  • After the mating season concludes, the snakes spread out, so there is far less activity at the dens.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • What Happens Next The mating season is set to last until the fall.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
  • During mating season, the males chased the females up and down the sidewalks, hopping on, hopping off.
    — Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The male roller makes a sport of annoying other birds that stray into its breeding area during the short mating season.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The most common reason people see tarantulas out in the open is during their mating season.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Wild turkeys are more aggressive during spring mating season, which runs through May.
    — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The size and makeup of turkey flocks change throughout the year depending on mating season and child rearing.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
  • One of the two large animals charged and gored the woman, and park officials believe mating season may have played a key role.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • The loud buzzing or clicking male cicadas make during mating season can be annoyingly noisy.
    — The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And after mating season comes denning season.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Others want to find a solution to halt the noise, but if fish are the culprits, people might have to wait until their mating season ends.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • What followed was sheer amphibian slaughter — when the mating season started and the frogs were on the move, thousands would get run over.
    — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • During the summer mating season, though, they can be found nesting on the Arctic tundra.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The data does not say what kind of animal caused the crashes but the peak coincides with mating season, when deer are the most active.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This three-month period coincides with deer mating season, which is when deer are on the move and more aggressive than usual.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Birds’ spring migration and mating season comes to a close by mid-summer as warmer temperatures arrive.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023

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