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Three deer

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Sunday evening as I was driving home from Carvins Cove reservoir I came across a pair of young fawns in the middle of the road. Their mother popped out a second later. She was huge. I didn't have a telephoto lens but I managed to get a few (poor) shots off before they took off into the woods.

The other evening I was riding around with my good friend Bill Cochran when we saw some deer on his place. He mentioned that the deer he's been seeing this year all look incredibly healthy. I would have to agree.

Bill also said that he's seeing lots of rabbits, and many are really large.

This year's mild winter weather must have really helped the region's critters come into spring in good condition.

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Mark Taylor holding a fish.

While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.

Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.

After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.

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