Texas Longhorn. Wildlife photograph by Jacob Urias, finalist in the Shoot The Frame Wildlife photography award, September 2021

Finalist Wildlife · September 2021

Texas Longhorn

My wife and I love camping. It's how we first met and spend time on several weekends throughout the year. We wanted this particular camping trip to focus on star gazing. So we researched and booked a Texas state park with dark sky status in hopes of seeing the milky way! Little did we know this same park had a cattle ranch right beside it that offered longhorn feedings on the weekends. The longhorns would walk up to anyone standing at the fence anticipating to be fed. So I walked up, knelt down, and with my eye through the viewfinder I waited till this bull looked straight at me and snapped the shot. It was an amazing experience to be so close to such a powerful animal!