{"id":3455,"date":"2015-11-28T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2015-11-28T16:30:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T22:30:04","slug":"big-bucks-and-more-on-s-texas-ranches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/28\/big-bucks-and-more-on-s-texas-ranches\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bucks and More on S. Texas Ranches"},"content":{"rendered":"

In early October, Nick Benavides invited me over to his Los Lazos Ranch near Laredo to photograph some of the big bucks he was seeing.\u00a0 With only two afternoons and a morning to spare for the trip, I was happy to see the\u00a0big guys\u00a0were ready to come in\u00a0close for\u00a0each photo session.<\/p>\n

Two weeks later, four photographers traveled with me over to Cotulla, Texas\u00a0where\u00a0I conducted a three day Instructional Photo Tour the Santa\u00a0Margarita Ranch (www.santamargaritaranch.com)\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0One of the great things about these\u00a0south Texas ranches is\u00a0the tremendous wildlife diversity.\u00a0\u00a0So, when we were ready to take a break from big deer, there\u00a0were birds, reptiles and other critters to photograph\u00a0at\u00a0 the\u00a0photo blinds\u00a0and along the\u00a0ranch roads.\u00a0 The hospitality, food and accommodations were exceptional and the ranch managers were always available to insure that we had a quality visit.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the images from these ranches.\u00a0 Just click on a photo to make it larger and sharper for good viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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White-tailed Deer feeding near Cowpen Daisies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The big bucks at Los Lazos Ranch didn’t have swollen necks in early October, but their antlers were impressive.<\/p>\n

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White-tailed Deer in early south Texas autumn with flowers abloom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lark<\/a>
Lark Sparrow perched near photo blind at sunrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lark sparrows and a variety of other birds\u00a0perched near\u00a0the deer blind as I waited for the big bucks to appear at Los Lazos Ranch.<\/p>\n

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Big buck checking the breeze for scent of a doe at Santa Margarita Ranch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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White-tailed deer, buck at sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Santa Margarita Ranch monster was carrying so much headgear that he had to hold his head back to maintain a balance.<\/p>\n

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Black-buck in south Texas brush<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This mature black-buck antelope\u00a0 showed up at the photo blind on several occasions.<\/p>\n

At a second photo blind we were greeted by many scaled quail and other critters like the colorful crayfish.<\/p>\n

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Scaled Quail, male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Defensive<\/a>
Defensive crayfish (crawdad)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A huge whitetail buck gave me this parting shot as he crossed a fallen fence at sundown.<\/p>\n

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White-tailed Deer jumping fence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Don’t forget to check out all the south Texas Photo Ranches for a great time and some fantastic photography.<\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In early October, Nick Benavides invited me over to his Los Lazos Ranch near Laredo to photograph some of the big bucks he was seeing.\u00a0 With only two afternoons and a morning to spare for the trip, I was happy to see the\u00a0big guys\u00a0were ready to come in\u00a0close for\u00a0each photo session. Two weeks later, four … Continue reading Big Bucks and More on S. Texas Ranches<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3465,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455\/revisions\/3465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}