So many experts,so little time....
I cannot tell you if this is faked or not because I was not there when the card was removed from cam with pic on it.Maybe it is,maybe it isn't. I can say I have no trouble believing it as real. The pic was captured while deer was in motion,within thousandths of a second after he started in toward decoy. Of course its going to look a bit funny and contorted. And yes he has a neck for gods sakes,it justs looks funny because of the angle of view.
Any of you who believe a buck only attacks another buck from the front,well you have not spent enough hours observing deer behaviour. Most bucks know way back in the summer who big daddy is and will shy away from him. If a deer does not give big daddy the respect he deserves,or appears to be eyeballing big daddy,he will get a jab in the SIDES,the REAR,the FRONT,whatever and wherever.
I have witnessed it several times and it is always the same,laid back ears,hair on neck and back standing up,then BAM,in a split second he nails the other buck wherever looks good. Then the other buck figures this is for real and goes the other way.
Here are a couple trail cam pics from a reliable source.The camera had a 10 second delay so only took pic of approaching buck and after shot of decoy gone from view as he knocked it 6 feet to the SIDE of where it stood.It was obvious from view of where decoy laid it was hit from side..
Perhaps some of the folks on here who jump on every pic that is posted about it is faked,photoshopped,etc etc should review the zapruder film for it may be a fake...
