This whitetail buck is rubbing the branches of a pine tree following licking branch behavior. With this rutting behavior, scent is deposited from glands in the deer's forehead thus making his presence known to others.
Tags: animals, behavior, bucks, foggy, foliage, forests, frosty, grasses, licking branches, pines, rubbing, rutting, trees, whitetail deer, wildlife, woods
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