Kamloops White Tail Deer

Continuing North from Glacier/Waterton NP we arrive in the Central Desert Highlands of British Columbia. The area around Kamloops is often thought of as the "Flyfishing Capital" of the world. Not having flyfished on some of the other continents I can't attest to that, but there are some pristine lakes that produce trophy size "Kamloops Trout." One is a series of lakes: Roche, Black, Ernst, and Hosli. Roche gets boaters and is much larger. The others are flyfishing only and between 30 to 70 acres in size. It is essentially where my wildlife photography career began. It wasn't unusual to see wolves, bear, moose, elk, and deer on the way into the lake and around the lake shores.  This isn't one of my best photos but it was one of my first. A better lens would have helped bring out the colors more. I don't remember exactly, it was probably June because the wildflowers were out and this White Tail Buck's antlers were still growing and covered with velvet. It brings back some memories of discovering photography.