First Sheds of the year

[boneaddict]

I spotted a buck on the hill and got set up to take his pic.  I noticed another buck laying behind him.  Then as I took pics, one of his antelrs disappeared.  Then he had one.  Then the other buck walked over to him and nudge him and he got up and the other fell off.  I didn't go get them as I didn't want to disturb the deer.  Its unlikely anyone else will walk there eventhough its a popular spot, just because of where it is at.  I actually found the buck because I have found sheds here twice before and thought, I should see if there is a buck there.  They were only small ones, but no matter I love bone.  If they were off a deer like the one Slider has been posting I might have challenged my ethics a bit more.     :chuckle:I'll see if any of my pics turned out

[rougheye]

That would have been soooo cool if you got them in the air . 

[NWTFhunter]

I cant restrain myself.......... You said you love bone..

Anyways, what I was going to ask was if I can tag along with you one of these days you decide to go out and go picture crazy ?  
I soooo need to get a decent camera.

[wilsongideon]

Thats awesome Mule Deer I suppose?

[bow4elk]

I cant restrain myself.......... You said you love bone..

+1

[boneaddict]

I'm pretty secretive NWTF.  It cost the last two guys big money for charity.    I just looked at the pics and the settings were off or something.  Hopefully I can salvage them in RAW.  They are MASSIVELY overexposed.  There was a couple times I had the setting changed on me.  I hope it at least took a RAW image for me.  Some settings they don't. 
I do love bone, but really try not to harass the animals much this time of year.  You'll not my pics get farther away than November.  Most of the time the deer don't even booger, though I got into one section where they were kind of spooky from a long ways off.  That usually means there is a cat working the area.  Now I suppose it could mean cat or wolves.  Incidentally, where the wolves are, I didn't hardly find a deer and I normally glass over at least a 1,000 head.   I was hard pressed to find 30.  I suppose it can be other things, but that isn't a good sign.

[TheKid#10]

I cant restrain myself.......... You said you love bone..

+1

+2

[NWTFhunter]

I couldnt resist !  But I think you probably hunt some of the same units I do being you live in Selah.  We usually only hunt elk there and deer around Chewelah on the ranch or private land.  We did hunt deer up by you one year, but it wasnt very good at all. We didnt see crap for deer while elk hunting this year.   I dont know if it was cat, wolf, ticks, weather, or dust !  But they were not around like before.

[huntnphool]

I hope it at least took a RAW image for me.  Some settings they don't.

Bone This is why you need to start shooting in Av (aperture priority) or Tv (shutter priority), you will be shooting RAW the whole time if you set your camera to RAW in the menu field.

[boneaddict]

I do Rob(almost 100%) but in haste of digging and snapping, sometimes I'll accidentally turn the knob and I'll be shooting in one of the other modes.  I'll be like crap!  I got my pics back this time and half are real dark and some are almost white.  I'll dig intot he settings to see what happened.  I dinked with my ISO one time and that might have been it, but I don't think it was these.

[boneaddict]

here is the image I started with.

[boneaddict]

Maybe I am a nutcase, but I know that deer had antlers when I started to get the camera out on him.  I just know it.  But when I though he lost one and then another, maybe he had lost both.  I'm at least half sure I am not crazy.  When they got up and moved the other deer kept scenting and licking the ground in spots.  I was sure it was because of the blood.

[1bowhunter1]

Are you feeling O.K. Bone?   

[boneaddict]

for the most part.

[1bowhunter1]