Camera Critters: The Wounded Buck Recovers

I have had a lifelong fascination with whitetail deer and at times it seems that the only subjects I photograph are deer and elk. As a result today's Camera Critters photos are of whitetail deer.

Deer feed by grazing on grasses, or browsing on plant growth such as trees, shrubs and vines.
It is often to get a pleasing photographic composition of a deer while it is eating. Lets face it, a deer with its head buried in tall grass is not the greatest photographic subject.

Buck Browses On Unknown Species Of Vine

The wounded buck, featured in the post of October 5th, "Vanishing Bucks-Natural Dispersal Or Criminal Act", is recovering from his injury. Deer are social animals and the second photo for today shows he and his older sister "grooming". I frequently witness deer doing this and it seems to be a combination of nibbling and licking at the others coat. I have speculated that the nibbling is sometimes removing ticks from the other animal.

"Grooming"

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