Besides the bighorn sheep, the bison, and the prairie dogs, the Badland’s prairies also have a large concentration of Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), which also happened to be in rut during my visit. Here are a few images I collected in the early morning drives through the Badland. A rather large buck, with a small group of does:
A young buck with a doe:
And a group of does that were foraging in the early morning;
Photo Equipment Used:
- Canon 7D body
- Canon 100mm-400mm, f/4.5 – f/5.6 IS lens
- Handheld, from the car
- ISO 500
- Aperture f/5.6
- Shutter Speed 1/80 sec. to 1/2,000 sec.