Backyard Buck- Georgetown, TX

Last weekend was the opening of deer season in Texas. Agree or disagree I will leave that for you all to discuss. But there is no arguing it is a big part of the Texas culture and the beauty of the Texas Whitetail Buck is what draws hunters from all over to Central and South Texas. Almost a year ago we moved away from the suburbs out to a little plot of land just outside Georgetown and the reason we did this was the view in the morning in our back yard is now so much better. I know many deer hunters will wait all season to see a nice 8 point buck like this and some never do. They spend countless hours in deer blinds, wake hours before first light and can usually count on a could couple mile hike each way. At my place however I can rise around 7am brew some coffee look out my window and almost every day see some deer grazing in my backyard. However most of the time it is a doe with a couple young fawns. This morning however this magnificent 8 point buck was working his way through the yard. It did not take me long to know why. Down near the fence there was a young doe. This guy had one thing on his mind today. He stayed around popping in and out of the tree line for about 20 minutes before the doe decided she had had enough of his stalking and retreated into the woods. Here are 2 photos from this morning. One of the buck, and one of the doe. I just love the fall tones in these photos and how the buck was nice enough to stand in some nice fall foliage for me as I shot some photos. Notice the one leave captured that was in flight on its way down to the ground. I am working on a nice artistic rendering from another shot that I will share later. So be sure to come back and check out some more photos of this backyard buck.