Smoky Mountain Wildlife

Whitetail Buck, Foggy Morning Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This photo was taken this morning. A light fog covered the mountains in the background. This handsome buck grazed in the field before bedding down.

Whitetail Buck in velvet

Beautiful early morning in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Beautiful Whitetail Deer Buck Portrait, Early Morning Fog, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

This mature buck was grazing in the fields in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is an early morning photo just after sunrise and the early light highlighted his neck and antlers. The fog was still lying low in the valley..

Beautiful Whitetail Deer Buck, Early Morning Light, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

This mature buck was grazing in the fields in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is an early morning photo just after sunrise and the early light highlighted his head and antlers. There was still a little fog in the background.

Beautiful Whitetail Deer Buck, Early Morning Portrait, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

This mature buck was grazing in the fields in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is an early morning photo just after sunrise. There was still a little fog in the background.

Beautiful Whitetail Deer Buck Portrait, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

This mature buck was grazing in the fields in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is an early morning photo taken with the grassy field and wildflowers behind him. He had just lost the velvet on his antlers the week before so there was still visible blood on his antlers.

8 Point Whitetail Deer Buck In Velvet, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This handsome 8 point buck was grazing in a field full of wildflowers and tall grass. These fellows had not started losing the velvet yet.

Grazing 10 Point Whitetail Buck, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This mature buck photo was taken in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

10 Point Whitetail Buck, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This mature buck photo was taken in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Beautiful Whitetail Deer Buck, Grazing In Tall Grass, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

This mature buck was grazing in the fields in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Beautiful Whitetail Deer Buck, Early Morning , Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA

This mature buck photo was taken in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Vertical orientation portrait.

Young 8 Point Whitetail Buck, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This young buck photo was taken in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Young 8 Point Whitetail Buck In Field, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This young buck photo was taken in the late summer 2016 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Affectionate Does, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

These 2 does were very affectionate and loving when they took a short break from grazing.

10 Point Buck In Velvet, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This beautiful buck had just come out of the woods behind him to graze when I spotted him. Antlers were still in velvet.

8 Point Whitetail Buck, Cades Cove, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This buck photo was taken in the late fall in 2003 in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Nursing Elk Calf With Cow, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This adorable calf was nursing in a field on the North Carolina side of the Smokies. This field was full of moms and babies.

Bull and Cow Elk, Mating Behavior, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This photo was taken during the elk rut season.

Smoky Mountain Bull Elk, Rut Season, Cataloochee

This bull elk was strutting and running all over this field on the Cataloochee side of the Smokies last year. He wanted all the other guys in the valley this was his territory!

Young Doe Attempting To Nurse

This young doe was trying to get mom to let here nurse.

Double Does, Whitetail Deer In Fall, Great Smoky Mountain National Park

This photo was taken years ago when a field in Cades Cove was full of does. These 2 had almost the same stance and pose.

Hunting Coyote Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This coyote trotted back and forth across the field hunting for about 15 minutes or so before he ran off into the woods. Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Baby Calk Elk Nursing, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina

This adorable calf was nursing in a field on the North Carolina side of the Smokies. This field was full of moms and babies.

Smokey Mountain Bull Elk, Cataloochee

This bull stops for a brief moment before pursuing a young female.

Smokey Mountain Bull Elk, Cataloochee

This bull was bedded down in a field with five females in close proximity.

Black Bear, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cades Cove

This bear was being very watchful and cautious as a crowd gathered. There were some who were getting too close to her.

Pileated Woodpecker - Cades Cove

Pileated Woodpecker on fence post in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.