![]() They also have great endurance in that they can swim up to 10 miles without stopping.Īnd two, who wants to be out in the woods, carrying just a camera, while your competition are carrying powerful rifles. Moose are smart animals that can move really fast. They can run at speeds up to 35 miles per hour, which means when they need to get lost, they can do it quite quickly. One, most of them will scatter toward the hills the first time they see their buddy get dropped standing next to them. Lesson learned, don’t go stalking moose during hunting season… for two reasons. Yes, I decided to go photograph Moose during the hunting season. The only moose I saw the whole trip, were the ones strapped to the hood of some hunter’s pick-up truck. We frequented ponds where they had been seen feeding, game trails, and many areas that were off the beating track. I went there once in early October specifically to photograph moose. But we are stalking them, out in the wild, so many of the techniques are transferable.įor many game animals, hunting season can be the worst time to be photographing a specific animal. Take for instance the wild moose in Maine. We’re just not killing them and putting them on our tables to eat. While I know as photographers we are not out hunting these birds, but in a way, we are. In California, the turkey hunting season is usually from late March to early May and then again for about a month mid-November to mid-December. ![]() With turkeys, you just have to find them when they are, shall we say…distracted. Like all wildlife photography, understanding the selected animal’s behaviors first will make a much more enjoyable experience when you try to go out and photograph them. ![]() ![]() These large birds are generally very plentiful across the US and at certain times of the year, the wild turkey can be very easy to find and photograph and other times it will be like trying to track down a ghost. You are listening to the Nature Photography Podcast sponsored by Image Light, I’m Terry VanderHeiden your host this week, as we take look and listen to the wild turkey. ![]()
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