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
