Stomp!

One of the alarm behaviors exhibited by whitetail deer is what call:  The Stomp.

When uncertain or disturbed by something that is out of sorts a female deer will stomp her front hooves with her white tail flagging back and forth.

I think it is a mechanism to elicit a response from whatever it is that she finds is not right with her surroundings.  I see it all the time while bow hunting.

In the following series of photos the trail camera records this behavior.  However the lead doe doesn't get the camera to react.

And the rest of the deer follow without incident...

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