Photo Hunting Young Summer buck is one of the underrated activities in the Land Between the Lakes area. With this season, you can deer hunt, or buck hunt, all year long. And there is no limit as to how many of the whitetail deer you can shoot!
The key to shooting any kind of animal with a camera, especially a skittish young buck, is to not make any sudden movements. Of course, it is hard to get into position. This buck was grazing at a rapid pace and mostly had his head down. I rarely was able to see him with his head up for more than just a second or so at a time.
Photography is the one sport where the hunter gets to set many of the rules. The animals seem to be too preoccupied with eating to pay too much attention to the hunter.
I was able to get several good shots of this young summer buck, but this one seemed to be the most compelling and complete of my images. Often I am not that satisfied with the shots I get of larger animals. Sometimes I try to get too much of the animal, rather than focusing in on a strategic spot.
Strategically focused shots, rather than all encompassing photos, are more true to life.
A young summer buck was too occupied eating the dry, brittle grass at Fort Donelson National Battlefield to be too concerned with me shooting it a few times. Of course, when I shoot young bucks and does in the Land Between the Lakes area, we both get to walk away.
There are lots of similarities between gun hunting and photo hunting the whitetail deer and other animals in LBL and the Land Between the Lakes area. There are also some obvious differences.
With this shot I was just getting warmed up, when I saw the buck look up for a moment, look down the road and then bolt away. Just up the road a family of walkers at Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Dover, Tennessee were taking a stroll down the road.
The young summer buck didn’t seem to mind me there aiming a camera at him. In fact, he has a young female doe companion grazing with him very nearby.
