Funny Phrases

Does anyone have any humorous (or just good) phrases for those forays that young men take to prove their worth? (Not looking for erotically oriented phrases, you salacious-minded readers!)

I'm interested in phrases, slang terms, or coulourful descriptions about men proving or establishing themselves. Early battles and quests. Marking out turf. Etcetera...

Patty

It seems to me that "growing antlers" is a term for a boy growing into manhood. Then, from the This Dog'll Really Hunt: An Entertaining Texas Dictionary by Wallace O. Chariton: "beginning to feather out."

"When I was your age, young and full of ginger, I wanted to take a bite out of every pretty girl I saw." quoted in "The Wolfpen Notebooks" by James Still (The University Of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Ky., 1991).