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White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Wildlife

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus, per iNaturalist taxonomy (looked up September 20, 2026). The identification is mine; the taxonomy only supplied the name.

17 sightings, on Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain, first on February 25, 2024, latest on October 11, 2026.

17Sightings

Feb 25, 2024First Seen

Oct 11, 2026Latest

1Trail

Young of the Year

The Fawns

4 photographs with a fawn in them, on 4 days. 2 show it by its spots. 2 show it by its size beside a doe: smaller, with a shorter face and ears too big for its head. That is a judgment from the frame, not a mark on the coat. The earliest spotted fawn each year: Aug 31, 2024 and Jul 6, 2025.

By its spots By its size beside a doe

An empty month is not a claim that no fawns were out: it means no photograph I kept shows one.

A white-tailed deer standing among mossy trunks on the leaf litter, ears up and looking straight back, a fallen log across the foreground — October 11, 2026, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

67 min after sunrise, 4.5 mi into the loop

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Lens

Galaxy S26 Ultra Super telephoto lens 18.600mm f/2.90

Focal

230 mm eq.

Aperture

f/2.9

Shutter

1/40

ISO

1000

Taken

8:45 AM

A white-tailed deer looking back over its shoulder from a fallen log, its tail raised and white underneath, pines and undergrowth behind, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain, August 22, 2026 — August 22, 2026, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

95 min after sunrise

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Focal

230 mm eq.

Aperture

f/2.9

Shutter

1/120

ISO

320

Taken

8:38 AM

Two white-tailed deer standing on the granite edge among pines, one looking straight at the camera, the other turned toward the trees, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain, May 1, 2026 — May 1, 2026, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

99 min after sunrise, 3.8 mi into the loop

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Focal

115 mm eq.

Aperture

f/2.9

Shutter

1/120

ISO

250

Taken

8:27 AM

A white-tailed deer in its gray winter coat between trunks beside the trail, a stop sign and the road behind it — March 26, 2026, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Focal

127 mm eq.

Aperture

f/3.4

Shutter

1/120

ISO

640

Taken

7:54 AM

A white-tailed doe facing the camera between pine trunks on a floor of orange needles, a smaller fawn in its gray coat beside her and a third deer walking away — Fawn, by its size beside a doe

December 21, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

62 min after sunrise, 3.3 mi into the loop

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Focal

230 mm eq.

Aperture

f/3.4

Shutter

1/120

ISO

640

Taken

8:39 AM

A white-tailed doe grazing on the railroad tracks among fallen leaves while a smaller fawn in its gray coat stands across the rails and looks at the camera — Fawn, by its size beside a doe

November 1, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

161 min after sunrise, 7.1 mi into the loop

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

128 mm

Aperture

f/5.6

Shutter

1/1600

ISO

2000

Taken

10:37 AM

A white-tailed doe on a fallen log between tree trunks, facing the camera, the leaves behind her turning yellow in the low sun — October 25, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

16 min after sunrise, 2.7 mi into the loop

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

177 mm

Aperture

f/6.3

Shutter

1/100

ISO

6400

Taken

8:06 AM

A white-tailed doe among the trunks on a leaf-covered slope, head turned to the camera, the morning sun low behind the trees — October 4, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

26 min after sunrise, 2.4 mi into the loop

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Focal

115 mm eq.

Aperture

f/3.4

Shutter

1/60

ISO

640

Taken

7:59 AM

A slim white-tailed deer walking through green grass beside a gravel bed, head up and ears forward — September 13, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

39 min after sunrise, 2.1 mi into the loop

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

246 mm

Aperture

f/6.3

Shutter

1/250

ISO

6400

Taken

7:58 AM

A white-tailed deer crossing the railroad tracks in the woods, caught mid-step between the rails with the line running away under the trees — July 12, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

45 min after sunrise, 2.6 mi into the loop

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Focal

69 mm eq.

Aperture

f/2.4

Shutter

1/30

ISO

500

Taken

7:20 AM

A white-tailed deer fawn in the woods, its spots still bright on its back, standing among low leaves and looking straight at the camera — Fawn, by its spots

July 6, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

12 min after sunrise, 0.4 mi into the loop

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Focal

230 mm eq.

Aperture

f/3.4

Shutter

1/30

ISO

1250

Taken

6:44 AM

A white-tailed doe and a smaller young deer standing side by side in bright green undergrowth, both looking at the camera — May 24, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

50 min after sunrise, 2.9 mi into the loop

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

300 mm

Aperture

f/6.3

Shutter

1/125

ISO

6400

Taken

7:19 AM

Three white-tailed deer in their gray winter coats among the pines on a floor of needles and cones, all three looking at the camera — February 23, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

105 min after sunrise, 4.9 mi into the loop

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

100 mm

Aperture

f/5.6

Shutter

1/1600

ISO

5000

Taken

8:57 AM

A white-tailed deer without antlers in its gray-brown winter coat, standing side-on across bare granite and looking at the camera, ears up, pines behind — January 19, 2025, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

39 min after sunrise, 3.2 mi into the loop

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

150 mm

Aperture

f/5.6

Shutter

1/400

ISO

6400

Taken

8:19 AM

A white-tailed buck with a heavy rack of antlers standing among young pines in the morning sun, looking back at the camera — November 17, 2024, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

144 min after sunrise, 6.7 mi into the loop

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Focal

115 mm eq.

Aperture

f/3.4

Shutter

1/120

ISO

40

Taken

9:35 AM

A white-tailed deer fawn still in its spots, standing among the pines and looking straight at the camera, August 31, 2024 — Fawn, by its spots

August 31, 2024, Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain

44 min after sunrise, 1.6 mi into the loop

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

246 mm

Aperture

f/6.3

Shutter

1/125

ISO

6400

Taken

7:54 AM

Four white-tailed deer on a woodland path, two facing the camera with their ears forward and two standing behind them, winter undergrowth on both sides, February 25, 2024 — February 25, 2024

Cherokee Trail

Camera

Canon EOS R7

Lens

TAMRON 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD B028

Focal

400 mm

Aperture

f/6.3

Shutter

1/60

ISO

1600

Taken

6:10 PM

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