Just Your Typical Monster
Thanks goes out to a local rancher for this photo. We have photographed many big bucks in this general area but were having difficulty finding any real big ones this year because of the very dry conditions. Most of the water we photographed on last year is dry this year so we were scrambling to find something to take a picture of. That’s when we spoke with a local rancher and asked him if he knew of any water we could try to photograph deer on. I don’t know if it was the fact that we had my 8, 6, and 3 year old with us or we sounded defeated, which ever the case, he had pity on us and gave us some cryptic directions to a water hole tucked away deep on his property. Later that evening found us trying to follow the ranchers instructions to locate the water. Finally we were able to find the water and to our surprise it looked as if no one had been down the road to the water in a very long time. We investigated the water closer and my brother immediately yelled out that he had found a monster track. According to the tracks in the area the water was being pounded by deer. We made a plan to return in the morning to see if we could see the deer that made the huge track. We returned early in the morning and visited the water hole only to see two does feeding along a tree line. Disappointed, we turned to head back to another area we had seen some bucks in the day before. We had only back tracked about a quarter mile when we saw a small buck feeding in some buck brush. We stopped and began photographing the buck when, to our surprise, this incredible 4 point stepped out from behind a patch of thick vegetation. Unfortunately when I saw the size of him i began to tremble with excitement making it difficult to keep the camera stable. We did manage to get a few good shots as, to our surprise, the buck fed closer and closer to our location. Eventually, after many photographs, the buck spooked and trotted over a hill, leaving us to reflect on the incredible experience.
Thanks goes out the the rancher who shared his tucked away water hole with us, (your secret is safe with us). We ended up seeing 5 or six other bucks in the area but were unable to photograph any of them.
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