{"id":36306,"date":"2016-02-26T05:17:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=36306"},"modified":"2026-02-26T05:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:39:20","slug":"a-mule-deer-yearling-on-the-foothills-of-the-stansbury-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/02\/26\/a-mule-deer-yearling-on-the-foothills-of-the-stansbury-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Mule Deer Yearling On The Foothills Of The Stansbury Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MuleMule Deer yearling – Nikon D810, f9, 1\/800, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Two days ago when I photographed the Western Bluebirds<\/span><\/a> that I found I also photographed a few of the 100 or more Mule Deer that were feeding close to the edge of the road just below where the bluebirds were.<\/p>\n

I was surprised to see so many deer there so I couldn’t resist taking a few images. There were a number of yearlings in the herd including this Mule Deer yearling that was on a slight ridge who appeared to be looking right at me.<\/p>\n

I didn’t notice until I started to process this image that the sagebrush have begun to grow new leaves. Spring isn’t too far away now.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Mule Deer photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There were a number of yearlings in the herd including this Mule Deer yearling that was on a slight ridge who appeared to be looking right at me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,1316,358,26,1314],"tags":[3801,4109,4067,4022,4180,2817,4057,2660,4032,1816,4193],"class_list":["post-36306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mule-deer","category-stansbury-mountains-utah","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","tag-deer","tag-grasses","tag-immature","tag-mule-deer","tag-odocoileus-hemionus","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-sagebrush-steppe","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-yearling","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mule-deer-yearling-mia-mcpherson-4472.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-9rA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102176,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/05\/06\/yearling-mule-deer-buck-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":36306,"position":0},"title":"Yearling Mule Deer Buck In The Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I drove up into the Wasatch Mountains yesterday. 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