This year may have been my best year yet photographing the whitetails during the rut. I photographed many bucks from big to small, numerous sparring matches, tree rubs, breeding, blue birds, red shoulder hawks and my best silhouette yet.
I feel I didn't start with any of my better photos but this was one encounter I had with this buck mid day. This nice 5 by 5 had this one doe to look over and he did a fine job of it. I think I photographed him in August when he was in velvet I just need to look over the files to see. Between this trip and numerous others I have plenty to post, now if I can just get myself to set here and do it.
Once again I want to thank all the great people I spent time with for helping to make these trips so much more enjoyable.
3 comments:
Welcome back Brad. Just want to say these are some great photos. If you say you have better. I can't wait. Looking forward to see them.
Awesome shots, Bradley. One of these years I will join you. I need to take my 70-200 out for a walk in the woods and see how it work, since it has seen it's last soccer field.
I enjoyed both Shenandoah posts, Brad. This was a much better fall at SNP than we have seen for years in my opinion. It reminds me more of my early years there. I think it is good too that we have established a wide circle of friends that go there each year to photograph the whitetails and socialize. Coy and I remarked that it seems we are getting more and more of the same groups, both at Benezette and SNP, which is a good thing.
I think that it is sad that SNP and Cades Cove in the Smokies are the only places that have exceptional public lands deer photography in the east as far as I know.
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