Whitetail deer, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Tennessee
Afternoon light and a mature whitetail buck walking along the forest edge in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Whitetail deer are often thought of as a forest dwelling creature, but really they’re a forest-edge dweller, residing not inside the forest, but close to its periphery. This is one reason why they do so well in fractured and fragmented environments. Whitetail deer, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Photo © copyright by Carl Donohue.