The BB were really skittish and would hit the afterburners when they spotted us walking or driving around.
I've been truly blessed to have had a deer lease on a large ranch (20-some thousand acres, all in) for the past 15 years which has all sorts of exotics in addition to the native game. Haven't hunted deer in at least 6 years as my passion has shifted to helping with their predator control. Calling predators provides time/opportunity for my next favorite pass time of watching and photographing wildlife. A few of my favorite photos:
The black buck are extremely skittish, as Riomouse observed.
Springbok are another favored prey for not only coyotes, but bobcat, as well. Springbok usually hang out in small herds, but caught this ram hanging out with the wildebeest near a water hole one evening.
Wildebeest are also usually found in herds, mixed or bachelor groups:
Scimitar Horned Oryx, also herd animals, are seldom seen alone.
Roan and Sable tend to prefer the same habitat
As do Kudu and Eland
A herd of Blesbok, not far from this Gemsbok cow w/twin calves
Here a pair of Waterbuck settle a dispute . Nyala
The Addax, native of the Sahara desert, is critically endangered in the wild but approximately 2000 are doing well in zoos and on ranches.
Addax cow w/calf.
Lechwe ram. Lechwe prefer the wetlands.
Mama coaxes this little oryx to the safety of the brush only minutes after it was born. Almost forgot the Zebra.
Regards,
hps