The women and the dog look completely unenthusiastic.
And either those folks are short or that's a good size horse.
Ride Safe. Dr.Tramp..............

 

Before there were supermarkets...you had to cull the herds of wild animals and birds to keep them from eating all your crops and to put meat in the stew pot.

And those people are short...as were people during the Civil War, when the average man was 5'8" ( Abraham Lincoln was an imposing figure at 6'4" ) and an average man in the time of the Revolutionary War was 5'7" ( George Washington struck a commanding pose at 6'2".).

The average height of a man in 2022 is just 5'10".

 

I still think that horse is a good 16 hands. And wants the dead thing off it.

 

*things

 

1890's?

 

A Victorian house. It's doe season? Or did they have any season back then?

 

Or did they have any season back then?

In the 1990’s, I knew some old boys that deer season came in when they saw a deer.

 

Appears he's got two dead animals and a live dog on the horse. I don't blame the women for a lack of enthusiasm, they most likely will be skinni'n and butcheri'n shortly.

If I were to guess, I'd say 1885-1895.

 

Two doe deer


The rifle is a model 1886

 

Another very cool pic.

It’s hard to make out the animals. I see a deer in the front. Are there one or two other animals, and what are they?

 

Great photo! Looks to be a pair of antelope and a Winchester '86.

Horse is at the end of the reins. So horse is closer than the people. Makes the horse look bigger and the people smaller. But one thing for sure that stirrup is long ways off the ground. I'd guess the stirupps are 4 to 6" higher in that photo than in my photo. Mine @ 6" lower? Are still a bitch to get a foot in So I am thinking big horse (16+) and short people.

This is 16.3H horse and a 6'1" rider.

Same horse. Rider is 5'3". I'd need a BIG stump and some sort of a kung fu stretch just to get a foot in that stirrup

 

Antelope

 

That narrows down the geography

 

That's a funny looking deer. I say 2 pronghorn and definitely an 1886.

 

The horse is closer like Cosmo said, I do the same thing when I catch a fish..
Yup it's an antelope, I can by the tuff of hair thats standing up between the it's ears. Deer's hair don't do that.
Now that the hunt is over the work begins.

 

They're only antelope if that picture was taken in Africa.

 

They hang in my pastures on occasion. Call them what you like. We call them antelope. That change somehow when you drive through Snowville?

Deer You guys are kinda scary.
Pronghorn? Not antelope? That's funny.

"Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope, prairie antelope, or simply antelope[5] because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution.[6]

 

They hang in my pastures on occasion. Call them what you like. We call them antelope. That change some how in Utah?

Deer You guys are kinda scary

At least I knew they weren't buffalo

 

Got me laughing out loud , thanks...... got an unexpected call from police - someone cut my cat out from my truck . I’m not laughing anymore

 

Right on for the Buffalo!. Be some serious type 2 fun to have a few run through the pastures! Pasture would be good . It is the housing developments all around us that would really enjoy the visit

Now about that Buffalo?! We all know they are really Bison, right? Except in Utah, where they are Bison Herds.

 

What animal head is hanging over the front left shoulder?

 

What animal head is hanging over the front left shoulder?

One dog and two pronghorn doe on the horse. Including the one on the left shoulder. Ear shapes and neck bands give it away. Also a third animal under those two doe. Not sure what it is. A doe will very seldom go over 100# on the hoof. Less when field dressed. maybe, including the dog on the horse.