Deer photos

[Steve Lindsay]

We have some visiting deer in the yard by the shop. There is a pond over there and
with the rain the last few days the grass is growing good. I see them through the
window and then sneak outside around the corner of the building to shoot the pics.
The picture with the pheasant was shot a different day than the others.
If anyone can use any part of them for an engraving somehow, feel free. :)


http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/_DSC5680-03copy.jpg
http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/_DSC5650-01copy.jpg
http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/_DSC5667-01copy.jpg
http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/_DSC5670-01copy.jpg
http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/_DSC5635-01copy.jpg
http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/_DSC5490-02copy.jpg
http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/_DSC5613-01copy.jpg

[kfil]

Beautiful! Thanks for posting them.

[SEngraver]

HI Steve L,
Those are real nice pictures,thanks for posting them.
MO:yo[1]:

[Sam Welch]

The last two also have some nice background material. By the way, your deer sure have small ears!

[Cloudy]

Thanks, Steve- you're a dear to do this!:whoo[1]:

[DakotaDocMartin]

That deer in 2,3,4 & 5 sure has a "scruffy" looking coat and doesn't look really healthy to me. Sort of on the gaunt side. Not the normal smooth coat and rounded features of the body. I think it has Chronic Wasting Disease.

[SVD]

That deer in 2,3,4 & 5 sure has a "scruffy" looking coat and doesn't look really healthy to me. Sort of on the gaunt side. Not the normal smooth coat and rounded features of the body. I think it has Chronic Wasting Disease.

He mentioned it's been raining so it could just be wet.

[Steve Lindsay]

I noticed the coat on that one looked rough too. A few weeks back Karla hit a deer with the car. The car and the deer didn't look too good after that. :) That is true though SVD. Maybe it was the rain and the coat was wet. It rained on/off all day yesterday when the pics were shot. The last two pics were shot on another day when the sun was out.

[ArtisticAttributes]

All of the deer in our area have had a really rough winter, they look as equally gaunt as Doc describes. Ours are Muley's though, and have twice the amount of ear and less tail :)

They are gobbling up all the new grass they can hold right now, their winter coats are sluffing off and most will look much better in a month or so.

Nice photos Steve, liked the one with the Pheasant, as they are also coming out of the woodwork right now.

[DakotaDocMartin]

I mentioned it because Nebraska has CWD in their deer population and that particular deer has the look of some I've seen online. I sent the photos to a vet to see what he thinks too. CWD is a variation of "mad cow disease", but it's the deer version of it.

[Dave London]

Thanks Steve
Nice photos and Spring is soon

[mrthe]

Greats Photos !

[pedroito]

Steve give me envy of the animals you see from your window
greetings

[Bill Gamradt]

Steve, thanks for showing the photos. Also, they look quite normal and healthy for this time of year. They are about to shed their winter fur for their sleek summer coats - and that is why they appear scruffy, like they could be suffering from CWD (which I am sure they aren't). Attached is photo taken minutes ago from my current studio window (we are renting while our house and my studio are being remodeled). There were about a dozen mule deer in the group - many looking quite scruffy. The other photo of the whitetails was taken in the summer from our living room window.

http://gamradtgallery.com/images/SpringMuley.jpg

http://gamradtgallery.com/images/SummerWhitetails.jpg

[Steve Lindsay]

Good pictures Bill! The coat on that one does look similar to these Nebraska deer.
Your pond/waterfall is super! I wish this pond looked that good. We don't have any rocks to speak of to work with in Nebraska. The gardening centers have some that I think they get from Colorado but they want fortune for them. Rocks in the middle of Nebraska are rare. We have a lot of corn and grass though. :)

[Sam Welch]

Squeeze the corn and mow the grass...you will be OK.

[Bushveld]

Here's a fawn just 4-5 hours old. Took the photo a couple of years ago after I saw the mother place the fawn near the front of my house.

Regards;
Steve Howell

[WVEngraver]

Hey Sam ... it's gonna be rice and mud if this rain don't quit. lol


Steve, how did you get them to say cheese? :biggrin[1]:

[Steve Lindsay]

Here's a fawn just 4-5 hours old. Took the photo a couple of years ago after I saw the mother place the fawn near the front of my house.

Regards;
Steve Howell

http://www.engravingschool.com/forum-pics/Fawn%20Photo%201%205May2009.jpg


Wow! Great Picture! :)



Steve, how did you get them to say cheese? http://www.handengravingforum.com/images/smilies/top%20smiles/biggrin%5B1%5D.gif

They say "grass" :)

Saw some turkeys out there yesterday but I wasn't quick enough with the camera.



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