I have been going out every day hoping to photograph whitetail deer activity. Some days the action is frequent and feverish. Other days I am lucky to see any deer at all. Dedicated whitetail followers will know what I mean...
I was watching a trail when a doe came into view. She was skittish and constantly checking her backtrail. This is often an indication that a buck is following...
When a buck locates a doe that will be ready to mate soon, he will often follow her for however long it takes. Ater mating he will be off seeking another doe...
During the rut deer will often come in sight several times as the doe leads the buck on a game of hide and seek...
In this case the doe led the buck out of sight, leaving me wondering if I would ever see them again.
A short while later she reappeared heading straight for me...
The buck was not far behind. He followed her as she went into some thick cover and out of sight again...
This time they did not reappear before it was too dark for decent photos. A young buck did come by to see what all the commotion was about...
Elsewhere, other bucks were busy visiting scrapes and licking branches...
Smaller bucks spar while mature bucks look on. The smaller bucks will not likely get a chance to mate for another year or two. The older, larger bucks claim the does for themselves
This young buck is testing the air, hoping to catch the scent of a doe that is not being tended by a bigger buck...
While other bucks visit every doe in sight...
These does have reason to look worried because the rut will continue until everyone of them is bred. Only then will things get back to normal...
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