Wildlife Photos

This big buck whitetail deer looks back over a swamp from which he recently emerged.

A curious buck whitetail deer looks up in response to noise in the tree above him.

An alert whitetail buck standing next to dry vegitation lifts his head high while watching.

A big buck whitetail deer looks over his shoulder while standing in an open forest.

An eight-point buck whitetail deer leaping over a barbed wire fence.

A big whitetail buck examines a rubbing tree while walking through the woods.

A buck whitetail deer running with tail up.

A close-up photo of a whitetail deer buck lip curling (Flehmen response), which is a behavior often exhibited by rutting bucks encountering a doe that may be in estrous. This facilitates the transfer of pheromones and other scents into the vomeronasal organ.

Uncertain about noise created by the camera, a buck whitetail deer tilts his head in an unusual manner.

An alert buck whitetail deer pauses to look while browsing near the edge of a hardwood forest.

A large whitetail buck exhibiting lip-curling behavior.

A big buck whitetail deer bedded: This big buck was laying down in a grassy meadow during a light snowfall.

An alert whitetail buck holds his head high.

A big buck whitetailed deer looks back before entering the woods.

Two mature whitetail bucks groom each other while standing in a pine-and-oak forest.

A large buck whitetail deer stands regally during the day's last light. With large body size and massive antlers, this is an outstanding deer!

A sunlit whitetail deer buck looks over his shoulder while standing in a pine forest. Due to lighting conditions, this is a very colorful photograph.

A deer standing at the edge of a forest at sunset.

A whitetail deer reaches toward a licking branch.

A whitetail deer buck rubs his antlers on a pine tree.

Two whitetail deer lay bedded in short grass and leaf litter. Snowflakes falling during a light flurry are barely visible.

A whitetail deer pauses on a leafy hillside with an autumn-colored forest in the background.

A rutting buck whitetail deer follows a doe through a pine forest. The doe is either in or nearly in estrus.

A big whitetail buck walks through a mixed conifer-hardwood forest.