Virginia White-tailed Deer

A Virginia white-tailed deer jumping a fence. 112107-045

Heavily falling snow isolates this Virginia white-tailed deer. Tines erupting from the bases of the antlers give him an unusual appearance. 120711-2622

An eleven-point white-tailed buck fence jumping in an hoarfrost coated environment. 120210-0496

A snow storm the previous night created the environment for this photograph of a Virginia white-tailed deer in Montana. 100909-5822

Virginia white-tailed deer sparing in frosty surroundings. Though sparing is mock fighting it serves to sharpen skills for serious encounters. 110709-9718

A Virginia white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) jumping a fence. 120611-2176

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A Virginia white-tailed buck with an atypical rack demonstrating flehmen response, or lip curl behavior. Rolling hills of mature hardwood forest form a portion of his habitat. 121205-034

Giving a glance backward, this ten-point buck with broken tines just lost possession of a receptive doe. 120711-2481

Sun rising over the mountains has illuminated the background but is just beginning to touch the deer. 120911-2984

Hoarfrost covered vegetation surrounds and isolates this ten-point Virginia white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). 120911-3099

A big eight point Virginia white-tailed buck with very long brow tines. 121405-132

Virginia White-tailed Deer

This ten-point Virginia whtie-tailed buck is exibiting a behavior know as branch licking. He is depositing scent from his forehead glands and salava onto the brranches overy his head.

A nine-point buck standing on a snowy ridge line in Appalachia. 121607-2700

A frosty morning buck. 120311-6291

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This deer is reaching for a branch where it will deposit scent. 120311-6292

An eleven point Virginia white-tailed deer buck in a snowy field. 120610-1282

This eleven point Virginia white-tailed buck has a notched ear, no doubt a healed over injury acquired during a fight over a receptive doe. 120810-1631

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An eight point white-tailed buck looks up from browsing acorns beneath an ancient oak tree. 111907-205

A Virginia white-tailed deer stands in a field of hoarfrost covered vegetation, his gaze intent on a nearby doe. 120210-0475

A big eight-point buck. 120911-3429

Virginia white-tailed deer sparing on a frosty morning. 110709-9759

With a running start, this buck is crossing the fence in very flat style. He was running hard after a doe. 120705-654

The same deer from the previous photograph about to touch down. 120705-656

A buck with an atypical rack peering through vegetation in old field habitat. 121005-415

This Virginia white-tailed deer was in a depression from which he did not have a good view of his surrounding. As he moved onto open ground he went totally alert at the presence of a previously unseen buck nearby. 121205-544

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Alarmed and departing. 120510-1269

White-tailed deer bucks sizing each other up as the sun breaks the horizon. 110508-6507

A white-tailed deer displaying flehmen behavior while another feeds nearby. 110508-6590

Young white-tailed deer bucks sparring in a frosty field. 110508-6457

Virginia white-tailed deer bucks sparing at the break of dawn. 110508-6494

A white-tailed deer buck interrupts his browsing and looks toward the rising sun. 110708-7004

A Virginia white-tailed buck browsing a tree line at dawn. 110708-7058

Trees in fall colors provide the background for this Virginia white-tailed buck in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee. 111108-8646

A Virginia white-tailed deer venturing into a hay field, his focus on a group of does out-of-frame to the left. 111108-8697

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A Virginia white-tailed buck grazing a hillside. 111108-8912

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No competition. 111108-8856