Photo essay in current issue Sporting Classics magazine. Wood ducks foraging crab apples in the snow. I captured the action on Christmas a few years ago. Best gift in decades. @sportingclassicsofficial #sportingclassics #ronspomeroutdoors #woodducks #woodducksofinstagram #waterfowl #ducks #apples #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #canonphotography #canon100400ii

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My son-in-laws mule deer rifle last fall. Riton scope in Talley rings atop Kimber Sub-Alpine in the versatile 280 AI shooting Nosler 150-grain ABLR. He was deadly on rocks out to 450 yards, but no old bucks presented themselves for the table. #kimber #riton #nosler #talleyrings #accubondlongrange #deerrifle #fall #autumnleaves #hunting #deerhunting #boltactionrifle #ronspomeroutdoors #dancingspringsranch

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Western Sportsman’s Show in SLC widens your hunting horizons and helps you make your points. Wildlife management matters greatly and hunters mainly pay for it. #westernhunting #muledeer #huntingexpo #wildlifemanagement #taxidermy #antlers

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SIGSauer Cross rifle is not an SR15. See the bolt handle? This is not my idea of an attractive rifle, but I’m betting thousands of AR fans will like it — especially once they lear about the new 277 SIG Fury cartridge. #sigsauerusa #sigsauerrifle #sigsauer #sigcrossrifle #277sigfury #270cartridge #boltaction #boltactionrifle #ronspomeroutdoors

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Crazy melt channels in our snowpack. The March thaw is coming. #snow #melting #snowmelt #channels #naturalcurves #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #winter

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I don’t know where this whitetail was bred and fed, but it shows what selective breeding and superior nutrition can do for antler production. In the wilds something like this has never grown. No survival benefit for the species,so excessive antler growth is weeded out of the herd. Reportedly measures about 600 inches of times. #animalhusbandry #sciconvention2020 #taxidermy #manipulation #geneticmanipulation #selectivebreeding #whitetaildeer #antlers #scishow2020 #ronspomeroutdoors

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Here are those special wolf eyes @jasonvicent mention on the croc-zebra post earlier. No flash used. Just capturing and reflecting ceiling lights. #sciconvention2020 #taxidermy #wolf #eyeshaveit #eyes #ronspomeroutdoors

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