The Deer Was This Big...

Armed with my camera, I left the house this morning with hopes of pulling off a few good photos on my drive through to my friend’s house. With an inquisitive eye, I watched the horizon and the landscapes flashing by as I drove, surprisingly nothing caught my attention until I was almost home. I was making my way through a succession of fairly sharp corners when I noticed a shape, far in the distance; I knew to be out of place. At the very same second, the Black Lab in my back seat also noticed the familiar shape ahead, as it took a magnificent leap over the old barb wire fence that separated the road from the field. He knew we were watching him, as he strutted towards the base of the mountainside backing the grassy field. In the creatures retreat, the whines from my backseat passenger turned into sharp yips of excitement.

Grabbing for my camera, I had it turned on and ready to shoot before the car was even stopped, I didn’t want to miss this shot. At first, the animal struck me as a large doe but as I got closer those large long ears turned into the rack of a King Stag. It was like Bambie’s father but in real life… This had to be THE largest White Tail I had ever seen. Of course, with my luck he was well out of my cameras reach before I even pulled up. Snapping a few shots of what I could still see of him, sadly he would only show me his white rear end. To conclude the story, getting back in the car I attempting to scan over the shots I had taken only to discover, that Yes, I had left the Memory Stick for my camera… lying on my desk at home. With intentions of sharing beautiful wildlife snapshots with my audience today, I must leave you with this slightly embarrassing story of… “The BIGGEST Deer I Ever Saw”, sequel to the “I Swear, the Fish Was This Big!”