Buck pursues doe

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PhilG

PhilG

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On Saturday (Nov 2nd) I was standing on the edge of the road looking at several deer to my right when this buck appeared at the top of the hill in front of me. The first shot shows the buck before he sees a doe to my right. The buck then moves slightly to the right and spots the doe. The buck then proceeds to chase the doe by first running directly at me. The doe passes in front of me (about 25 feet away) moving from right to left and the buck then starts to veer to the left. The deer were moving so fast and so close to me I couldn't track them in focus after the last shot shown. A couple of the included photos aren't as sharp as I would have liked but I included them to flesh out the action a little more.

Nikon Z8, Nikon 500mm PF with 1.4x TC, f/8, 1/1250, ISO 1250

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Larry S. said:
Exceptional series Phil! Watching a mature buck pursue a doe is one of those seasonal privileges that is amazing….🤩 well done….
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Thanks Larry, I was so focused on photographing the buck it didn't occur to me that it might not change direction - which would not have been good. I saw a really big buck not far from where this was taken, but I didn't have a very good view of it. I'm going to post another deer photo I took in a separate thread.
 
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