Continuing with my "5" Star Photos we come to the Coues White Tailed Deer.
I was driving along Forest Road 42 in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southeast Arizona and saw what first looked like a Jackrabbit in the middle of the road. As I got closer I realized that it was too small to be a Jackrabbit. As I got still closer I realized in was a Deer! Now, I know you ask, are you serious? A deer smaller than a Jackrabbit? No, this is not one of those Texas jokes. It was a Coues (pronounced cows) White Tailed Deer. The Coues White Tails are smaller than the White Tailed Deers that you see all over the US. The Coues (named after Elliott Coues, 1842-1899) are only found in southern Arizona. An adult White Tail Buck will weigh 200 pounds. An adult Coues White Tail Buck will weigh only 80-90 pounds. Fawns weigh 4 to 6 pounds when they are born.
In the first photo (which is my "5" Star Photo) you see he is looking back at me after going down into the creek below the road. The second photo I have added just to give you a perspective of how small this fawn really was. The bottom of the guard rail is no more than 12 to 15 inches off the ground. The fawn easily walked under the guard rail without ducking. After showing the photo to one of the Rangers, he said he had never seen one that small. And, that it couldn't be more than a few days old.
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