Two young Mule Deer bucks in the marsh at Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, UtahTwo young Mule Deer bucks in the marsh at Bear River MBR

Monday morning I saw a group of three Mule Deer bucks slowly moving through tall vegetation in the marsh at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. The bucks were so close to the auto tour route road that I couldn’t fit their whole bodies into my viewfinder so I opted to take photos that focused on their upper bodies and heads. It had been about six years since I’ve photographed Mule Deer in the marshes on the refuge so I was happy to see the bucks whether I got decent images of them or not.

The male on the left had some vegetation in front of his face so I focused primarily on the spike buck on the right. Just a bit before I took this photo I liked the way the spike buck had been looking directly at me better than I did this side view.

Two young spike Mule Deer bucks, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, UtahTwo young spike Mule Deer bucks

Butt… when I viewed the first photos I took of the two Mule Deer where I liked the head pose of the spike buck best on my larger screen at home I noticed something that now I can’t unsee. I wasn’t even going to share this photo at first but it does tell the rest of the story.

That spike buck had its butt aimed right at me and was pooping in the first five frames I took of the two Mule Deer. Sorry about the invasion of privacy, bucko.

The end.

Life is good.

Mia

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