This ten-point buck whitetail deer is rubbing his antlers on a tree trunk. This was taken in mid-November during the rut (mating season) and the buck had just finished mating with a doe. His antlers had been polished much earlier in the fall but his hormones were really raging this particular day! He raked this tree for about five minutes while I got a series of shots. The doe he was tending was laying just a few feet out of the picture.The morning started very foggy but most of the fog had dissipated by 8:30 when this shot was taken. Nonetheless, the heavy overcast did not allow much light into the woods. The buck was moving his head pretty rapidly so I boosted the ISO to 2500 to get a shutter speed of 1/640 second to stop the motion. 400mm lens at f5.6.
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