Spike Buck, Columbian Blacktail Deer in pen and ink.
I took these shots one rainy day last deer season. This little spike was very curious about Mary and me.
Deerbrush is one of their main food sources here. Their favorite is acorns.
A second tiny spike buck was feeding alongside the first. Bucks with a single spike and does aren’t legal to take in California.
THE FORESTER ARTIST 
Photos great, pen and ink drawing is spectacular 🙂
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Thank you so much. Is “I” you first initial and Mackenzie you last name?
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Yes, my surname is Ian 🙂
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I’m pleased to meet you Ian!
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Ditto 🙂
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Wonderful! You have completely captured that moment of startled curiosity.
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Thank you so much Patsy!
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Reminds me of Bambi 🙂
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He’s lovely Tim! Great job.
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Thank you Anna!
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Tim,
I’m glad there are laws to protect the young ones. Your art reflects emotion. That makes it great.
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What a wonderful complement Linda, thank you.
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Lovely expression in both painting and photo. He looks like he shed a tear or two because of Blitz.
Hope you’re coping well.
Dina
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Thank you Dina. We miss her very much. Fortunately, we have Sailor and Kinta here to love us up.
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Fantastic pen and ink drawing! Impressive photos especially the deerbrush and raindrops.
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Thank you so much Susan. There nothing like spending a miserable day in the rain, but finding out I got some good photos and reference material. 🙂
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You are an artist my friend…..
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And you a poetess!
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‘let me know what you think!”? – i opened this in the morning and left it on the screen and am just getting back to comment.. it’s sensitive and lovely, and you captured that unique posture w/the ears – it’s cautious and curious and ready to flee at any moment.. yet it was quite happy posing for you!
z
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What a nice thing to have one of my pen and inks on a computer screen all day in Ecuador!
Thank you for your description. I think you sized him up right. He was fearful and curious, but curious enough to not run away. Plus they didn’t want to leave their good feeding spot. I was glad they posed so well, because the rain kept fogging up the lens and I had to keep wiping it off.
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lovely photos and great drawing!
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Thank you DG!
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ooh on the alert for sure …very lovely drawing Tim.
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Never had the talent for drawing. I really appreciate people who can!
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Thanks Robert, I appreciate that. We all have our gifts and you can write circle around me.
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Beautiful drawing Tim.
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Thank you Mary.
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Beautiful and I love how you were minimal in drawing the branches leaving the ones that echo the horns on the deer.
On a point of interest, on our news today deer have been helping themselves to the roses growing in the crematorium, to the extent that they are having to grass over the ‘garden’
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Nice ink drawing, Tim. I don’t see very many spike bucks around here. More often we see ones with 4 or more tines. Maybe they hide out more than the big guys.
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Thanks Ruth. We see a lot of spikes here, but I think the white tail deer tend to have more points than the black tail.
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