Mule Deer

[DanWalters]

Captured this buck at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Contacted the Division of Wildlife to see what is going on with the ears. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
500mm f/4L

[Todd Frost]

Nice rack on this guy, would be interested to here what the DOW has to say on the ears. I have never seen this before. Nice pose, other than those ears he looks to be a beautiful buck! Nice light, exposure and sharpness.
TFS
Todd

[Harshad Barve]

Dan
You nailed it here
TFS

[jack williamson]

Nice and sharp image. I have seen pictures of bucks that have been hurt fighting with their ears drooped like

this. This buck's rack is broken up and he has some kind of damage to his neck.

[DanWalters]

Thanks for the comments!

[Rachel Hollander]

Dan - nice head on shot oif the buck. I would be tempted to crop or clone out the one end of the bright grass coming in from the left where only the tip is showing.

TFS,
Rachel

[Stu Bowie]

Interesting behaviour on the ears. Good head on shot, and I like the antlers. Overall, nice and sharp too.

[Steve Canuel]

With the exception of the ears this seems to be a pretty stout, healthy looking deer. Bg is great. I've got over 800 images of these deer in my files and I've never seen one with ears like this. Keep us posted if you get an answer.

[Sid Garige]

Odd looking guy Dan. Like the rack.