Antelope and Antelope Country Photos.

buglinbilly · Jan 6, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Jan-06-11 AT 08:48PM (MST)[p]As per request, here are some antelope and antelope country related photos.

Have a good one. BB

bucklover · Jan 6, 2011

It would help if you could get a little closer. Great pictures!

judkins1 · Jan 6, 2011

wonderful, Great photo's

Muley_73 · Jan 6, 2011

BB,
Thank you for sharing your photos. I have enjoyed them all year. I look foward to you photos next season!

Step 1 is always the hardest!

greatwestern · Jan 6, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Jan-07-11 AT 00:22AM (MST)[p]simply Brilliant!!

just awesome man....i especially love the two bucks with the falcon, all the tuff dudes makin scrapes and scrappin', the tore up young dude at the water, ol' Horny Toad, and the tuffest dude around town, Mr. Badger gettin a drink at the bar!

what fine photographs, excellent work

PleaseDear · Jan 6, 2011

Great photo's as normal

BUT

The heat that comes from those photo's is great as it is so freaking cold here!

Robb

whopperstopper · Jan 7, 2011

Outstanding!!!! I could look at those all day. Would love to buy some from you. Putting together a Trophy/Game room and those pictures would do nicely.

buglinbilly · Jan 7, 2011

>LAST EDITED ON Jan-07-11
>AT 00:22?AM (MST)
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>simply Brilliant!!
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>just awesome man....i especially love the
>two bucks with the falcon,
>all the tuff dudes makin
>scrapes and scrappin', the tore
>up young dude at the
>water, ol' Horny Toad, and
>the tuffest dude around town,
>Mr. Badger gettin a drink
>at the bar!
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>what fine photographs, excellent work

In reference to your statement about the two bucks with the falcon, that bird is actually a Horn Lark. It looks similar to a Meadow Lark in coloring. Hundreds of them spend a grat part of their day near the prairie waterholes.

Here's a close up of the Horned Lark, taken I'm sure on one of the days I tooks some of the the photos posted above. As I see them everyday.

I do see quite a few raptors and falcons. Here's one from last year.

I also see a few coyotes each year. This little pup gave me some very close shots. He was yet to be educated about the real world.

Most antelope don't like to get their feet deep in the mud and will usually water in an area where that does not happen. So this shot is pretty unusual.

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There also seems to be quite a few badgers in this area, but I have sat in other areas for years and seen very few.

Many of my photos are taken at close range and some not so close, but at inapporiate times. Ha Ha None the less I just like to shoot wild cirtters how and where they live.

And even in antelope country a guy gets a surprise now and then, as I saw these two bull elk pass on by one hot day.

Many people don't see the beauty in antleope country, but to me its simply striking!

Anyway that's a bit of antelope and their country. I love the times I'm out watching and shooting photos and I await and look forward to more in 2011.

Have a good one and thanks for the nice comments. BB

dwalton · Jan 7, 2011

Excellent photos! The one of the Pygmy rabbit is awesome! Thanks for helping us get through a long winter.

Zeke · Jan 7, 2011

BB
You just had to throw the sexy "money" shot in the mix. LOL
I like the big black one with the green tag in the foregound. Delicious! Oh, I'm funny today.

Really though.... one word man, FANTASTIC.

Thanks for sharing your excellent work with us. You da man!

Zeke

oregonmuley · Jan 7, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Jan-07-11 AT 11:32AM (MST)[p]BB,
Thanks again for posting some fantastic pictures, like many others have said I never get tired of antelope or the country they live in. Great pictures - thank you. Will help time pass until the next trip out to Wyoming antelope country

bowhunt · Jan 7, 2011

Hey BB,
Great shots.
Were you every tempted to let the air out of some coyotes?

buglinbilly · Jan 7, 2011

Bowhunt I've taken 7 coyotes with my bow through the years, but never taken one from a blind while photographing or antelope hunting. Its funny you ask that question cause usually I just like to take their photo, but this year I had a big mature dog come in and water straight across from me. I took a few quick photos of him, but set my camera down and grabbed my bow. The whole time he drank (about 25 yards away) he had his head down. When finished, he turn 180 and headed straight away. I drew and shot, thinking I hit him from his reaction, but evidently I must have shot under and between his legs. I found my arrow with no a bit of blood.

Several years ago I was sitting a waterhole, with my son, when a nice dog headed towards the water. My son wanted to shoot him, so he got his bow ready, nocked an arrow, and for some reason the dog just turned and walked away. They are pretty smart critters in most cases and just seem to sense things, good or bad.

Here's a photo of the dog my son wanted to shoot and that just turned and walked away at the last moment.

And here are a few other coyotoes whose photos I took while antelope hunting.

I also like taking photos early and late because of the golden light. Here are a few examples of that.

And here's a close up of what the rut is all about.

Have a good one. BB

greatwestern · Jan 8, 2011

Aha! i see....have never seen horned lark, thanks

awesome second set of photos...you got the skills man!!

Cheers

4finger · Jan 15, 2011

Billy my friend...your age hasn't effected your eye for photography...some excellent shots! That cottontail is outstanding...Thanks for sharing them with us...4finger

rackman · Jan 15, 2011

Man those are all amazing photos, Thank you for sharing!

JFWRC · Jan 16, 2011

Great, No...Awesome Pictures.....thanks so much for sharing.
Taxidermists should use these to have a perfect example of a mount.

buglinbilly · Jan 29, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Jan-29-11 AT 12:43PM (MST)[p]Here are a few photos I took early in summer, as the antelope were shedding their winter coats. They are not a sleek and pretty, like their late summer coats, but to me, still very interesting. Hope some of you see this different beauty.

Have a good one. BB

Tagalong173 · Jan 29, 2011

Wow! Those are some awesome pictures

Thanks for sharing.

littlebighorn · Jan 29, 2011

Billy,
Fine work my friend! I am curious how many days a year you spend in the blinds to catch this kind of action?

D13er · Jan 29, 2011

....not much impresses me, but those pics do. Thanks for sharing them.

How close were the closest pronghorn photos ??

JB

buglinbilly · Jan 29, 2011

Most of my antelope photos are taken between 15-30 yards, but some are as close as 6-7 yards.

Here's a few examples of different distances and how they change depending upon the amount of telephoto used.

This one was about 10 yards away.

This photo is a cull, but I post it because you can see the side window of my blind and you can get a better idea that he is pretty darn close. Probably 9-10 yards.

This one was taken at about 12 yards.

This one was taken just under 10 yards.

Here's one about 12-14 yards, but not zoomed in so tightly, so he actually looks farther than that distace in the photo.

This is the buck shown above with the shooting hole shown above, after he drank and at about 20 yards.

This one was taken at about 20 yards too.

Here's another just over 20 yards.

As to the time spent, to get these photos, let's just say that most people would not be willing to go through all the work and effort I do and if they did, most would not spend the time necessary. The photos taken during the summer require daylight to dark sitting a blind that sometime feels more like an oven, than an 85 degree day.

But I love doing it and the satisfaction I receive is the pay back, for what many, may call toture.

Have a good one. BB

buglinbilly · Jan 30, 2011

Here's some other photos taken with my Olympus E-3 during the same period of time. In fact some of these antelope are pictured above.

buglinbilly · Jan 30, 2011

Here are a few more with my E-3.

I will post more later as I am just going through some of my antelope files.

Have a good one. BB

buglinbilly · Jan 30, 2011

Here is an example of a shoot, with two small bucks. I always try to take a mumber of photos, most times changing up the composure, and some of the settings on my camera and by doing so, one hopes that just maybe you can get that "great" shot that hopefully awaits. Most times it doesn't happen, but on rare occasions it does.

Again these are the same buck/bucks and just a few of the photos I took that day as they neared my blind.