Spotted this buck from about a mile away. There were three of them in this batch of tall sage. I was looking down so could see them. I closed in, and made it past the sleeping one. I was targetting the big one in the middle. Played tag with him for about 15 minutes in the 8 foot sage. Finally I had one sage between him and I. I got a bit of movement from his white flank. I could see his eye looking at me through the sage. I confirmed with the binos. Yep, an eye and the base of his antler. I thought that would be a cool pic. I slipped the lens off my shoulder. Slipped it on manual focus, and couldb;t get the shot. That means he was closer than 8 feet. He moved off and I spent 15 more minutes trying to get him. Kicked the sleeping buck, and rousted a 4th that I hadn't seen.
