browsing buck
October 28th, 2009
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little deer
August 28th, 2009
Two fawns and a doe hurried by my home one evening last week. Of course, I had the “wrong” lens on the camera for such an event, but didn’t have time to change. I cropped much of these two images away to show you the cute spotted babies. I do hope they come by again. I’m keeping my best telephoto lens on one of the cameras at all times.
Two Bucks
July 29th, 2009
As I wrote the title for this post, I thought of a story that has absolutely nothing to do with the two mule deer I’ve been photographing this week.
I keep two bucks in coin on a shelf in my studio to remind me of the sale of a photograph at a local show a few years ago.
The man told me he was a couple of dollars short of the price and had begged some small coins (mostly pennies) from a friend. He said he wanted me to know that the desire to own one of my images compelled him to beg. We laughed over the dangerous addiction collecting my images might become.
I’ve named the two mule deer big buck and little buck for the relative sizes of their velvety head ornaments.
Battle Scarred Mule Deer
December 23rd, 2007
Light snow was falling when I saw this beautiful buck. He was searching under the snow for food and came up with some unidentifiable plant material. The puncture wound by his eye looks like it will heal. Had the tine on his rival’s antlers gone in any closer to the eye, he probably would have lost the eye. He has scars on his neck and chest as well, but he looks like he may make it through the year if he stays out of trouble. A couple of does and three young deer were following him, so perhaps he was the victor in one of his battles. I’ve seen a larger buck in the area and wonder if some of the scars on this one came from fighting the big guy.
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