The brushlands of Willacy County are excellent habitat for White-tailed Deer and Wild Turkeys. The foraging must be very good for these big animals because they are common and grow to pretty big sizes. Willacy is where I go when I want to get good shots of deer and turkey and a recent trip resulted in shots of a number of big bucks.
I had looks at several big eight pointers like this one.
This was another buck that still had velvet on its antlers.
This was a velvet monster ten pointer!
One of the biggest monster bucks from that day!
Several other bucks had already shed the velvet on their antlers.
This buck was in the process of shedding its velvet.
Another shot of a buck just losing the velvet on its antlers.
Yet another impressive rack on a buck in South Texas.
Sometimes, more than one deer makes it into the same photo frame.
Two beautiful buck White-tailed Deer from Willacy county, Texas.
I also got the chance to see deer foraging for fresh leaves near the ground and in the trees.
Reaching up to munch on leaves.
It must have been a good summer for deer because I saw more than one youngster.
A pair of fawns.
Turkeys were in the same area as the deer. Perhaps they found some good foraging sites or hung around each other to avoid predators?
A hen Turkey.
A Wild Turkey feeding with White-tailed Deer.
With migration really kicking into gear, I hope to see more warblers and other migrants the next time I head into the field.