{"id":128,"date":"2009-08-02T11:52:29","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T15:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-09-09T20:53:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T00:53:54","slug":"deer-on-the-dune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/deer-on-the-dune\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer on the Dune?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No I don&#8217;t mean my wife, not that kind of dear.  I was walking out by the beach yesterday morning and saw a pair of antlers sticking up out of the sea grass.  As I moved closer the little fellow (I thought) picked up his head.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/20090801_ml-ae-wt_0001_Blog-2.jpg\" alt=\"White Tailed Deer hiding in the sea grass Quogue, N.Y.\" title=\"20090801_ml-ae-wt_0001_Blog-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/20090801_ml-ae-wt_0001_Blog-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/20090801_ml-ae-wt_0001_Blog-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Tailed Deer hiding in the sea grass Quogue, N.Y.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAs I tried to move closer, the big fellow moved to the other end of the dune and thats when I realized just how big he really was.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_130\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/20090801_ml-ae-wt_0011_Blog.jpg\" alt=\"White Tail Deer standing on dunes in Quogue, N.Y.\" title=\"20090801_ml-ae-wt_0011_Blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/20090801_ml-ae-wt_0011_Blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/20090801_ml-ae-wt_0011_Blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Tail Deer standing on dunes in Quogue, N.Y.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nI really thought this guy was much smaller than he turned out to be because of the fact that just his rack was visible from the sea grass.  As I got closer, I still couldn&#8217;t believe how much antler was coming out from the grass.  Just to the left of the picture, maybe 10 feet away, is the ocean.  Not a typical place to find a deer.<\/p>\n<p>Photos taken with Nikon D3X, 200-400 VR w\/TC-17e on Lexar UDMA digital film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No I don&#8217;t mean my wife, not that kind of dear. I was walking out by the beach yesterday morning and saw a pair of antlers sticking up out of the sea grass. As I moved closer the little fellow (I thought) picked up his head. 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