Fallow Deer

[Ron Kruger]

Last week I got the chance to photograph some fallow deer, which are pretty rare in the US. Thought some of you would like to see one. (I'm still trying to figure out the best way to post photos here for maximum viewing. This and the phesant I posted are pretty small and don't look nearly as good as the originals.

[A.M.D.A.]

Nice catch, lucky getting those deer! :thumbsup:

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[OldClicker]

Thanks for showing us. Is that an injury on his hip or just coloraton? - TF

[Ron Kruger]

Thanks. Alex. I don't really want to upload big files anywhere, because I sell my images, but I figure no one can do anything with files under 300 KB, even if they do want to steal them, so I thought I would start sharing here.

[Ron Kruger]

He was just scratching himself on a tree before I got this shot. Would have liked to capture that, but he wasn't enough in the open at that time.
The thing I thought unusual was he was missing one whole side of his horns. Unlike whitetails and others that grow and shed antlers every year, fallow deer keep their horns, and they contine to grow throughout their lives. There was a lot bigger buck in this herd, but he never did venture into the open.

[Ron Kruger]

Another thing I found unsual about fallow deer, is they don't run like deer. They hop like an African spring buck and look like they have springs in their hooves. They are, by the way, smaller than whitetail deer also.

[A.M.D.A.]

Thanks. Alex. I don't really want to upload big files anywhere, because I sell my images, but I figure no one can do anything with files under 300 KB, even if they do want to steal them, so I thought I would start sharing here.

I felt the exact same way for the first month or so since joining PR, and posted tiny super-compressed photos stamped with huge grainy watermarks. :blush2:

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[OldClicker]

I just realized you're from Kentucky. Fallow deer are wild there? Were they escapees? Only non-whitetail I was aware of was the Key in Florida. - TF

[Ron Kruger]

Thanks, Alex, but even though the pix I'm posting are noiser, less dynamic and have less color saturation than my originals, it's okay.
Clicker: Fallow deer originate from Europe, English Highlands, I believe. The TVA tried to establish a herd of them on the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (LBL) a couple of decades ago, but they didn't take hold. There still are a few of them left, however, though most of the really huge bucks are gone.
The LBL is 270,000 acres running north and south through most of western Kentucky and Tennessee. It is a great place for wildlife photographers, and I spend a lot of time there.