John/Creekwood: You are absolutely right. Good eye. I actually killed the deer about 3:30 PM on Nov. 21, 2017. So the time/date was obviously wrong. A couple days after I shot the buck I pulled the SD card and found the photo. It was taken at a scrape about half a mile away. He's doing the overhead branch thing checking out Smokey's pre-orbital stuff (he's NOT looking up into trees for fat guys as was previously suggested)
When I first saw the picture it didn't even hit me at first. The thought popped into my head "There's a nice photo taken right after I shot that buck the other day." Then I realized it was him and the time was just off. Anyway, great photo, even if I do say so myself. Several people commented it looks like a great whitetail painting. Thanks for posting it. Best of luck guys. bw