In my recent travels, I spotted this palmated buck following a doe in a creek bottom. Although it was mid day, a couple of my photos showed the palmation, a very rare occurence in mule deer – first one I’ve ever spotted.
Archive for the ‘deer’ Category
Palmated Mule Deer Buck
Posted in antlers, deer, tagged palmated deer antlers on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
First Rut for this Buck?
Posted in deer, Rut behavior, wildlife, tagged Wildliife behavior on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
First time?
Bucks and Birds
Posted in birds, deer, wildlife, tagged wildlife behavior on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday Rob and I made a trip to the ranch. We noticed that the does were scarce, but bucks were in the open with antlers growing larger. On the way home we came upon this buck. (Click to enlarge.)
Piebald Blacktail Deer
Posted in blacktail deer, deer, tagged Piebald blacktail deer on December 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photos of piebald deer are rare. However, the West Coast of Washington is home to the gene that produces this color abnormality in blacktail deer and occasionally photos pop up. Here’s a shot I received from George DeBell, a Seattle hunter who found this deer approximately ten miles west of Centrailia, WA.
The Rut
Posted in animal behavior, deer, mule deer, whitetail deer, tagged mule deer behavior, whitetail deer behavior on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
During the BC hunt, I was able to video bucks chasing does on two occasions. Watch these videos and you’ll see for your own eyes that whitetail bucks are more aggressive breeders. The first clip is a good-sized muley buck and the second clip a smaller whitetail buck. These deer were filmed within a mile of each other. [...]
Can’t Stockpile Wildlife
Posted in Big game hunting, deer, Mountain lions, wildlife management, tagged mountain lion management on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When you think you have control over a population of animals on your property, you’re heading for disappointment. Nature is designed to end surplus and if you don’t step in when a surplus is available, something else will. We found this out a few years ago when we had a rather unusal buck on our [...]
Blacktail Tree Stand
Posted in Archery hunting, Big game hunting, deer, Deer hunting, tree stands, tagged Hunting blacktail deer from a tree stand. on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over the years I’ve hunted from a tree stand occasionally. The closest I’ve ever come to bagging a deer from a treestand came last summer from my current stand. A forked-horn buck walked past my stand and then turned towards me. He approached within four yards of my positon. He wasn’t a big buck, but [...]
Opening Day of A-Zone Archery 2009
Posted in Archery hunting, birds, birds of prey, blacktail deer, deer, Deer hunting, Hunting, photography, wildlife, tagged California deer hunting, hunting blacktail deer, photographing wildlife from a blind on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The day began with a typical flurry of bird activity. Many were drinking from the pond and others were bathing. The acorn woodpecker posed for several photos from about 15 feet away. A stellar jay joined him and it seemed like they were buddies, but I think not. Scrub jays were everywhere, [...]
Reptile Survey
Posted in birds, butterflies, deer, photography, snakes, wildlife, tagged checkerspot butterfly, wildlife survey on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of our management practices on the ranch is to monitor for reptiles and amphibians. May is reptile month as the snakes respond to warm weather. Today was my day to survey for whipsnakes. Although I didn’t find any whipsnakes, a few other critters found the eye of my camera. The weather was cool and [...]
Thoughts on Managing a Ranch for Native Wildlife, Hunting and Value
Posted in blacktail deer, deer, Ecology, Endangered species, Hunting, Land Ownership, outdoors, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our Alameda County ranch, like most ranches, has a variety of habitat types – oak woodland, oak grassland, riparian and chaparral. One thing that’s clear to me is that the effects one can have upon habitat in the hills are more subtile than the results one sees on valley farm ground. Our delta property responds quickly [...]
