Elk at Wichita Mountains on Day 4 With a Porcupine Encounter

Bull elk grazing near Highway 49 at sunrise in Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Day 4 at Wichita Mountains featured elk at Wichita Mountains, a rare porcupine encounter, deer, lizards, and a cow elk in French Lake.

Day 3 at Wichita Mountains: Roadrunners and White-Tailed Deer

Greater Roadrunner grooming in a cedar tree at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Day 3 Wichita Mountains wildlife included elk bugling, white-tailed deer, a roadrunner in a tree, and other wildlife encounters.

Morning Elk Bugles and Wildlife Wonders at Wichita Mountains

Bull elk standing near cow elk at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Early morning elk bugling at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, plus roadrunner behavior, deer sightings, and other wildlife encounters.

Encountering White-Tailed Deer at Mount Magazine State Park

White-tailed fawn attempting to nurse from its mother near a campsite

Mount Magazine deer encounter: a doe and fawn wandered past my campsite at Arkansas’s highest peak, giving me a tender moment to photograph.

Up Close with Fawns at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge

Up Close with a White-Tailed Deer Fawn

Photographing white-tailed deer fawns at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge and observing their early behavior before they lose their spots.

White-Tailed Buck Oklahoma | An 8-Point at Sequoyah Refuge

8-point White-tailed Buck On Side Of The Auto Tour Road

Wildlife photographer Steve Creek recalls photographing an impressive swollen-necked 8-point White-tailed Buck during the fall rut in Oklahoma.