Vegas Boy

Snow dusts the high country near Mount Charleston as a mule deer buck stands guard over a bedded doe, the last light of day painting the sky in stripes of orange and purple. Just an hour from the Las Vegas strip, but a world away—this is the wild Nevada most people never see. Pinyon pines and twisted snags frame the scene, snow clinging to every branch. He's earned that nickname: Vegas Boy, king of his mountain.