Rut

The whitetail rut has commenced.

From our walk yesterday morning (Saturday) there was evidence of a fresh scrape in the foreground of this trail camera.

And following the upload of the contents of the SD card was evidence of Mr. Buck freshening it the evening beforehand....

Including a healthy reach for the licking branch overhead....

And giving it a really good pee......

Grainy images and really crappy composition but I think you get the picture of the what these fellas will do to stake-out their territory and signal a willingness to breed.

That is at least a ten-point buck too.