High Country Sentinel

A mule deer buck stands watch on a high ridge while two others graze behind him, their tall forks silhouetted against a vast western sky. Below, the high desert rolls out for miles—the Mount Charleston area of southern Nevada stretching toward distant peaks. This is big-sky mule deer territory, where a good buck can see trouble coming from a long way off. The piece captures that wide-open western feel, all space and light and hard-earned antlers.