"The Rut" Has Begun

The white-tailed deer mating season has begun and some of the local bucks are acting "strange".

I went to check the memory card on one of the game cameras and found this buck standing next to it and paying no attention to me in my ATV.

After a few photos the buck moved out of view. I restarted the ATV, moved forward and again found the buck paying no attention to me.

I now had a few photos of this buck and moved to a location with a better view of the buck. Again, no reaction from the buck which is about 25 yards away. After about 25 minutes of watching this buck, he decided to move off, into the brush. I never did get a photo of the buck with the game camera.