Ungulates - Deer Species


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1.UP AND OVER
Bull Moose (Montana)
Fences are not obsticles to determined bulls.

2.PREPARING FOR THE RUT
Bull Moose (Hammer, Idaho)
Dead velvet itches and is rubbed off against bushes.

3.ON THE MOVE
Bull Moose (Montana)
To see Moose it is best to be up before 7:00 A.M.

4.MIGHTY MATRON
Cow Moose (Hammer, Idaho)
How can something this big hide so effectively in such modest cover?

5.NINLICHIK
Moose Calf (Alaska)
Alaska Moose grow larger.

6.SEPTEMBER SURPRISE
Bull Moose (Montana)
The Centennial Valley has good Moose habitat.

7.COMMING THROUGH THE TREES
Bull Moose (Utah)
Was searching for and eating Fireweed.

8.AT REST
Bull Moose (Utah)
A nice set of antlers.

9.EARLY MORNING BROWSER
Bull Moose (Utah)
An early morning visitor to our campsite.

10.SHARING THE HABITAT
Moose Family (Utah)
A surprise while sitting beside an extensive Beaver dam in Brighton Canyon.

11.IN THE VELVET
Bull Elk (Wyoming)
The start of a beautiful rack.

12.JUST OUT OF THE WATER
Bull Elk (Montana)
Bulls with fast growing antlers sire daughters that are good milk producers.

13.HIS MAJESTY
Bull Elk (Wyoming)
Just out of the Madison River and in October prime.

14.BETTER BACK OFF!
Bull Elk (Wyoming)
Bulls aggressively defend their harems.

15.BIG RACK
Bull Elk (Yellowstone)
Bugling his dominance.

16.FAT AND READY FOR WINTER
Cow Elk (Wyoming)
Emerging from the Madison River.

17.THE CYCLE OF LIFE
Cow Elk and Newly born calf (Montana)
Very interesting to watch the birthing process!

18.IN THE GREENERY
Cow Elk (Wyoming)
One of the first photographs that my wife Carolyn ever took.

19.EARLY MORNING SATISFACTION
Mule Deer Doe (Bosque del Apache, New Mexico)
Big ears facilitate incredible hearing.

20.YOUNG BUCK
Mule Deer (Idaho)
Feeding in a meadow full of Dandelions and Sagebrush Buttercups.

21.TWO GENERATIONS
MuleDeer Doe and Fawn (Wyoming)
Fawns grow rapidly but still stay with Mom as long as possible, especially daughters.

22.OUT FROM THE WILLOWS
Mule Deer Buck (New Mexico)
Mule Deer antlers curve upwards.

23.A STUDY OF ANTLERS
Mule Deer (California)
Testosterone is evident in this buck.

24.MORNING SURPRISE
Mule Deer (California)
A nice rack.

25.ALL EARS AND ATTENTION
White-Tailed Deer(Montana)
White-Tails have longer, more slender necks and smaller ears.

26.YOUNG BUCK ON THE MOVE
White-Tailed Deer (Montana)
We usually see White-Tails from their rear as they flee the scene.

27.CHOKE CANYON ATTRACTION
White-Tailed Deer (Texas)
White-Tail antlers curve forward.

28.CAREFULLY WATCHING US
Black-Tailed Deer(California)
Black-Tails are a sub-species of Mule Deer .

29.RESTING IN THE EARLY EVENING
Black-Tailed Deer (California)
Black-Tails are smaller than their cohort Mule Deer.

30.COYOTE LAKE COUNTY PARK ATTRACTION
Black-Tailed Deer (California)
A Bobcat chased this one into the brush.

31.POSING FOR THE CAMERA
Barren Ground Caribou (Alaska)
He came from a half mile away and stood in front of me.

32.YOU AINT SEEN NOTHIN YET!
Barren Ground Caribou (Alaska)
Caribou grow tremendous racks with a special prong to shovel snow with.

33.NEVER RESTING
Woodland Caribou (Yukon)
A Woodland Caribou along the ALCAN Highway.