new updated EDITion now available!


  • The New edition has 470 + color photographs
  • Several NEW bucks added to the live buck aging & judging chapters
  • 21 buck aging sequences showing their body and antler changes over their life
  • 35 buck judging examples of live bucks with known Boone & Crockett scores
  • Why we don’t use antler size as an aging criterion
  • A Guide to Identifying Different Age Bucks
  • Aging Whitetails by Behavior
  • Aging Whitetails after harvest
  • Estimating Boone & Crockett score on the hoof​
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Welcome to Richards Outdoor Photography and Art!   We appreciate your interest in our work and hope you find just the right image for your home, cabin, or office.  Our images are printed on long lasting photo paper that will last many years.  Please allow 3-4 weeks for your  print to be produced, inspected, signed, and shipped.  All prints are individually produced and inspected for every customer.  Therefore, each takes time to make certain it is of the highest quality.
We also sell our images in canvas prints and aluminum formats. If you desire these formats please contact us.   ​

NEW music video release: "To make you known" 

Richards Outdoor Photography collaborating with Ross King and Wes Taylor's "To Make You Known"
Giving God glory for His wondrous creation!  Giving Him thanks and praise for His love and grace through His Son, Jesus Christ
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observing & evaluating whitetails
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I’m excited to announce the NEW UPDATED EDITION of Observing & Evaluating Whitetails by Dave Richards & Al Brothers is now AVAILABLE!  
  
Observing & Evaluating Whitetails is used by wildlife biologists, wildlife educators, hunter ed instructors, guide schools, wildlife managers, and hunters throughout the country.  Contained among the book’s 475+ stunning color photographs are sequences of numerous impressive bucks over multiple years showing their body and antler changes, providing a comprehensive overview of how to age and score white-tailed deer on the hoof through physical characteristics and behavior. 
Dave also teamed up with noted whitetail authorities Dr. R. Larry Marchinton and Brian Murphy to provide cutting Edge information on whitetail communication, sensory capabilities, aging after harvest, diseases and more. Without question, the New Updated Edition of Observing & Evaluating Whitetails is a must have resource for anyone interested in learning more about North America’s most popular big game animal! 
Observing & Evaluating Whitetails is offered in soft cover edition for $29.99 and a leather bound signed limited edition is available for $199.99.  Aging Whitetail Bucks on the Hoof pocket guide  is an excerpt from Observing & Evaluating Whitetails and is available for $4.99.   Click link on the left to order books.

order ARTWORK INSPIRED FROM THE BOOK
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Stickers: A buck of a lifetime
artist: Beth Richards

Inspired by Stickers, a legendary native Texas whitetail. Drawn from Dave Richards' most recognized image that serves as the cover of his book Observing & Evaluating Whitetails. Stickers is the pinnacle whitetail of his book whose life of eight and a half years is chronicled throughout its pages. He has graced numerous covers of outdoor magazines from Sports Afield to Texas Trophy Hunters.
Beth's artwork is available in note cards as well!  Check out these new cards drawn from her experiences on her recent African safari.


​personal ranch photography

Professional photos of your ranch for promotion, advertising, personal use ​
  • We photograph what makes your ranch unique: scenery, facilities, cattle, deer, exotics, and other wildlife​ ​
  • $1000 a day + expenses  

CHECK OUT OUR NEW ADDITION OF IMAGES FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Psalm 104:24
O Lord, how many are Thy works! In wisdom Thou hast made them all; The earth is full of Thy possessions



















John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.  For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.


 
All images in this website are copyrighted, original photos by Dave Richards, James Richards, Joseph Richards, and Beth Richards.  Each and every image is protected by United States and international copyright laws.  Using any of the images and or content from this site for any purpose what so ever is strictly forbidden without the expressed, written permission from Dave Richards.  Please contact Dave Richards directly for the licensing of any use, and/or purchase of these images.