Oh deer !!

Don't laugh, but I've never seen deers in a natural environment before, like just me and the deers alone. First time this morning.


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Taken with a cheapy Nikon 70-300 f4.5-5.6 VRII lens hand-held.

Great shots, love that first one

These are great shots of deer in the wild. I am out there a lot "in the wild" and have nothing close to these. Thanks for sharing!

Congrats on your first wild deer siting. These are very nice. I love that first shot of the buck about to eat the berries. How close were you?

OK, I won't laugh but only because these are GREAT!!

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How close were you?

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30 to 50 ft, I think. These are cropped shots. At first I saw the female and had no idea the male was around until it came out from the bush. I don't know about their behavior - especially the male one - and so I did not want to get too close. They saw me though but perhaps feeding their stomach was more important and so most of the time they ignored me. Eventually they did get into the bush on the other side of the trail.

Here's the two together:


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Thank you!

Yeah, the bucks will about always follow...want to watch to see if the does get shot, I guess.
Now I know where the blackberries have gone.

:D :D :D :D :D Sorry, couldn't help myself. I never knew deer ate berries.

Great capture of the buck in velvet eating black berries!

Dale

Awesome shots... #1 is my probably favurite. You pressed the shutter-button at the exact perfect time! :)