Lava Creek Mule Deer...

This nice mule deer buck was photographed in Yellowstone along Lava Creek between Mammoth and Roosevelt. If the Bison, Elk and Pronghorns were in short supply this trip the one thing that wasn't was the mule deer. I seen more mule deer on this trip than all the others combined. And some were very nice bucks. This buck was with four other deer, three of witch were bucks also, I didn't get much of a look at the other one.

After photographing him in this spot they decided to move back into the woods. We circled around behind them on the other side of the creek trying to get more photos. They knew we were there and continued to stay just far enough ahead of us to keep us from shooting. But then someone else spotted them from the road and when they tried to get closer they pushed them right into us.