Wildlife Photos

A big buck whitetail deer stands in a forest with his head held high. This rutting buck had finished rubbing his antlers on a pine tree, which is pictured to the right of him.

A pair of whitetail does and a buck with unusual antlers rest peacefully in an Appalachian field.

A whitetail deer buck pauses to look back over his shoulder.

A whitetail buck pauses to look over his shoulder.

A big buck whitetail deer looks up at a licking branch positioned above a ground scrape, which is used as a form of scent communication during the rutting season (mating season).

A big buck whitetail deer pauses to look while walking through grass during a light snowfall. A pine forest stands in the background.

Late evening light illuminates an alert buck whitetail deer and his surroundings.

A buck whitetail deer seeks refuge among trees during a snowstorm.

A buck whitetail deer jumps over a fence.

A buck whitetail deer jumping over a fence.

A rutting buck whitetail deer engages in branch licking behavior. Branch licking is a form of scent marking at a ground scrape site where a deer rubs it's preorbital, nasal and forehead glands on the overhanging branch, leaving as much scent as possible. In the process of chewing on a licking branch, the deer often salivates heavily on the branch, which results in additional scent communication.

A buck whitetail deer stands alert during a rainstorm.

A whitetail deer buck tends a licking branch during late evening.

A huge buck whitetail deer stands alert on a grassy hillside. Photographed during mid-autumn, foliage on aspen trees in the background are showing peak fall colors.

A big buck whitetail deer lifts his head to reach for a licking branch. As a territorial behavior, rutting and pre-rutting bucks use licking branches to deposit their scent during the scape building process.

A huge buck whitetail deer standing in the shadows is lit by warm early morning light.

A huge buck whitetail deer pauses to look over his shoulder while walking down an open country hillside. Fall-colored aspen trees in the background create a brilliant autumn scene.

A big whitetail deer buck looks over his shoulder while standing on a hilltop. Warm early morning light sets reddish autumn fall color foliage in the background aglow.

A monster sized whitetail buck watches a smaller buck (not pictured) while tending a doe in estrus (not pictured). Notice how this big buck's neck is swollen as a result of the rut.

A large mule deer buck lies bedded while another buck enters the scene in the background.

An observant whitetail buck deer stands on a grassy hilltop.

A whitetail buck with tail up runs through tall grass during a foggy morning.

An nine-point buck whitetail deer cautiously walks through a cut-over pine forest.

A huge whitetail whitetail buck is alerted by something to his right.