Rex Trulove
This view is north, back toward town. In fact, it is pointing almost directly toward our house, which is on the other side of the hill. I saw the movement immediately and was able to tell what the animals are just as quickly. I’ve inserted arrows to point to them, but they are mule deer. I’ve only pointed out three, but there are actually four in the picture. There are another four just out of the picture, on the other side of a very low ridge just above these deer.
The picture isn’t high-resolution, so it is difficult to make them out. I was able to see them moving as they grazed, but you don’t have that advantage when you are looking at a still shot. The distance to the deer is about 150 yards.
This is a good area for deer. On the other side of the hill, there are plenty of trees for shelter, though this picture looks rather barren and mostly grass, some sagebrush, and scrub trees, mostly small pines and junipers. The deer have grass to munch on all year, unless we get a heavy snowfall, and they aren’t far from water.
Sorry, I cannot see what they are. That is really cool that you can wait for your wife and see cool animals and snap their picture and share it here with us.
Thanks for sharing that with us. I only see stray cats and dogs around my city. If I want to see other animals I would have to go to the zoo. Where I used to live when went out to feed the animals Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine would appear. They gave me the creeps. I was able to snap his picture but did not even try hers.
It is rare for us to go anywhere without seeing at least a few deer. We don’t have as many porcupines, though there are a few out in the forests.
I believe you can see them.
People driving by often don’t see them at all. When we go out, though, we are always watching for deer and have a thing going where we count how many deer we see. We’ve had a few 25-deer days. 😀