I have never seen it firsthand, but my best friend walked up on a rut-stricken buck in Illinois back in 1999 that was hard asleep and lightly snoring. My buddy was leery of the buck but kept easing toward him out of curiosity until finally at about 10 feet the buck picked his head up, realized danger was near and tore the woods up getting out of there. My buddy said it had him all confused from the second he spotted the buck. At first he thought the buck was injured and about to perish, but then he figured out he was just flat worn out from the rut. Pretty neat regardless. Thanks for sharing your pics.