After a careful stalk...

After a careful stalk, I got this Mule Deer portrait with my 28-300

 

LOL I had to creep across the livingroom to the door to the patio - I swear that this one with the split ear was someone's pet!

Nice. Around here it seems the sound of the latch is enough to send them flying. Touch a sliding door and you're lucky to get a tail in the hedgerow.

sound of the latch is enough to send them flying

Same here - this doe in particular might have hung around, but I just shot through the glass. Sometimes have to send the Rhodesian out to chase them out of the garden - No, he doesn't want to catch them, and does return on command.

I always have envied those of you who successfully "stalk" game

 

Here's my (and my dog's) success on one occasion. The deer seem to have little but scorn for us, however.

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Moderators on this forum seem to be a bit more "mellow" than at "another" popular hang out! Bill

Moderators on this forum seem to be a bit more "mellow"

Words allowed!

Words allowed!

 

Hmm... in that case, I

was born to a poor

family in Borneo in

1982. I was captured

and sent to a zoo in

San Francisco where

Vince "rescued" me

in 1984. Since then,

I've been a trusty

sidekick despite his

NEVER giving me

enough termites to

eat. Bananas, I get

all I can eat, but do

you think he could

spring for several

pounds of termites

every once in a

while? Nooooooo,

they cost too much,

he says...

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Words allowed!

 

I thought Bill was referring to the furniture visible in the un-cropped version of the shot - the 'human artefacts', as it were. Correct me if I'm wrong ...

the 'human artefacts', as it were. Correct me if I'm wrong ...

Believe that applies only to Monday in Nature - no rules I can find are posted for Nature

Believe that applies only to Monday in Nature - no rules I can find are posted for Nature

 

Sorry, that is the point I was trying to make - obviously didn't make myself plain (mind you, Nature got there before me !).

After a careful stalk, I got this Mule Deer portrait with my 28-300

 

Well done.

 

I shoot around 90% of my deer shots out my car-blind window.

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From what I see it's no pets or manmade stuff in the Monday in Nature threads rather than the whole forum.

Transitioning from the bow a bit to the camera myself in the stalking. Byproduct of getting older I suppose.

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From what I see it's no pets or manmade stuff in the Monday in Nature threads rather than the whole forum.

 

Exactly.

 

Sandy, hope it's okay if I post one that I carefully stalked with my car-blind?

 

Young Buck Jumps Fence - 5 of 19 by David Stephens, on Flickr

Suburban deer are a bit easier. This fellow patiently waited while I switched lenses and adjusted all the camera settings - I'd been shooting long exposure shots of a little stream.

Suburban deer

Suburban or even out here, some seem almost tame. Nice shot!