Behind the local Ranger Station there is a half-section of land that rises for a mile up a fairly open south-facing slope that is used as a summer pasture for the Forest Service pack horses and mules and also as a protected winter range for a sizable herd of mule deer. Yesterday A friend called to tell me that she had recently hiked through the area and found that the deer spending the winter there were fairly mellow and could be approached to within camera range, and so today we went back to get a few photos. Here are some that I brought back, all taken with a 70-300mm lens.
Mule deer doe feeding
Inquisitive
There’s a sound in the wind
Ears above the grass
Sounds coming from two places
Let’s talk this over
Don’t bother to get up
Aware but not concerned
Should I jump, or…
Synchronized
Protective
Curious
Part of the herd
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