About
Hello, I'm Ted Steinke. I currently live in the Black Hills of South Dakota and previously lived 25 years in Utah. I have been photographing since 1972 and videoing since the early 1980's. In the 1980's and 1990's I made 9 feature length videos on hunting and calling elk and hunting mule deer, as well as VHS tapes on animal behavior. Those were the early Bull Buster series of tapes and the Calling of Elk tapes, plus Too Many Bucks. Since then I have seen the error of my ways and I have conce…
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Bull Elk in Velvet
Bull Elk in Velvet in the Summer. Elk grow new antlers every year and shed the velvet in late summer
4K clips
Clips in 4K, either 3840 x 2160 pr 4198 x 2160. Any of these can be downsized to HD 1920 x 1180
Fighting Wildlife
Animals fighting including deer, elk,eagles, buffalo, bighorn sheep,swans, trout, bears This is mostly Mule Deer fighting and related clips, such as events leading up to, or immediately following, a fight. This collection includes males of the species engaged in SERIOUS fights. This includes serious buck fights, bull elk fights, and bull buffalo fights. I try to keep my fighting clips away from my sparring clips as they are two different things. Fighting is costly in terms of energy and it involves a high degree of risk that the buck or bull will be injured. Serious injuries can put a stop to the buck’s rutting and breeding activities, since, if they are injured, they can’t compete with the more dominant males. Note: If you want to see real fights do a search for “serious buck fights”. Most of those are mine. Mule Deer Bucks or Bull Elk sparring, is like wrestling or mock fighting. They do this as practice for real fights and to strengthen neck muscles and other muscles used in fights. At the same time it serves to establish their dominance hierarchy, so that when two bucks meet they understand the "pecking order". Much of this sparring occurs in winter after the main rut is over. If a buck wants to move up in the hierarchy he needs to defeat his opponent, either by out-sparring him or by getting into an out and out fight and winning. Sparring is preferred since it uses less energy and is less costly and less dangerous than an actual fight. Note that my "Sparring" Collection is different from my "Deer Fighting" Collections, which show "Serious Buck Fights", which are real fights. Sparring is like playing "patty-cakes" compared to an all out serious fight. Looks like I have also including fish fighting in this collection. In those cases the fisherman is fighting the fish, or vice versa, not fish fighting each other.
Deer Fighting
Mule deer bucks actually fighting. These are clips relating to serious buck fights, not the "Patty cakes" sparring that many contributors are spamming as deer fights. This includes clips leading up to the serious fight and may include the aftermath, such as when a buck chases the other buck or does the "walk around" to intimidate his opponent. Note: If you want to see real fights do a search for “serious buck fights”. Most of those are mine. This collection includes males of the species engaged in SERIOUS fights. I try to keep my fighting clips away from my sparring clips as they are two different things. Fighting is costly in terms of energy and it involves a high degree of risk that the buck or bull will be injured. Serious injuries can put a stop to the buck’s rutting and breeding activities, since, if they are injured, they can’t compete with the more dominant males. Mule Deer Bucks or Bull Elk sparring, is like wrestling or mock fighting. They do this as practice for real fights and to strengthen neck muscles and other muscles used in fights. At the same time it serves to establish their dominance hierarchy, so that when two bucks meet they understand the "pecking order". Much of this sparring occurs in winter after the main rut is over. If a buck wants to move up in the hierarchy he needs to defeat his opponent, either by out-sparring him or by getting into an out and out fight and winning. Sparring is preferred since it uses less energy and is less costly and less dangerous than an actual fight. Note that my "Sparring" Collection is different from my "Deer Fighting" Collections, which show "Serious Buck Fights", which are real fights. Sparring is like playing "patty-cakes" compared to an all out serious fight.
Buck Fights - Deer fighting
Mule Deer fighting and related clips, such as events leading up to, or immediately following, a fight. This collection includes males of the species engaged in SERIOUS fights. This includes serious buck fights, bull elk fights, and bull buffalo fights. I try to keep my fighting clips away from my sparring clips as they are two different things. Fighting is costly in terms of energy and it involves a high degree of risk that the buck or bull will be injured. Serious injuries can put a stop to the buck’s rutting and breeding activities, since, if they are injured, they can’t compete with the more dominant males. Note: If you want to see real fights do a search for “serious buck fights”. Most of those are mine. Mule Deer Bucks or Bull Elk sparring, is like wrestling or mock fighting. They do this as practice for real fights and to strengthen neck muscles and other muscles used in fights. At the same time it serves to establish their dominance hierarchy, so that when two bucks meet they understand the "pecking order". Much of this sparring occurs in winter after the main rut is over. If a buck wants to move up in the hierarchy he needs to defeat his opponent, either by out-sparring him or by getting into an out and out fight and winning. Sparring is preferred since it uses less energy and is less costly and less dangerous than an actual fight. Note that my "Sparring" Collection is different from my "Deer Fighting" Collections, which show "Serious Buck Fights", which are real fights. Sparring is like playing "patty-cakes" compared to an all out serious fight.
Sparring Bucks or Bulls
Mule Deer Bucks or Bull Elk sparring, wrestling or mock fighting. They do this as practice for real fights and to strengthen neck muscles and other muscles used in fights. At the same time it serves to establish their dominance hierarchy, so that when two bucks meet they understand the "pecking order". Much of this sparring occurs in winter after the main rut is over. If a buck wants to move up in the hierarchy he needs to defeat his opponent, either by out-sparring him or by getting into an out and out fight. Sparring is preferred since it uses less energy and is less costly and less dangerous than an actual fight. Note that my "Sparring" Collection is different from my "Deer Fighting" Collections, which show "Serious Buck Fights", which are real fights. Sparring is like playing "patty-cakes" compared to an all out serious fight.
Birds in Flight
Birds in flight including eagles, hawks, ducks, geese, swans and other species.
Attacking, charging, bluffing, imposing
Animals or birds attacking, charging, bluffing or otherwise imposing their dominance on others. Mostly deer, but also elk and wild turkeys.
Doe with fawn or fawns
Doe mule deer with fawns or doe whitetail with fawns. Also, cow elk with calves.