When we came home from lunch today we drove through the neighborhood. I noticed something strange in the close next to us. There were two large animals in the shade behind very large willow tree limbs. I looked carefully from one hundred meters and couldn't identify them. They had a gray coat and very large antlers. They weren't moose because they weren't big enough.
I hurried home to get my camera. I know that shooting from bright sunlight into shade doesn't make much of a photo. I tried but I couldn't see much in my veiw finder. I was able to identify them as mule deer bucks. I was surprised to see the winter color of their coats. I saw a doe two days before and she still had the summer coat and color.
They were rather cheeky and stayed didn't move. I went back later on to get some better photos.
There was still some velvet on the antlers.
