Photo Credits
Photos on TagCanyon are public-domain works of U.S. government photographers: National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A few are CC0 (public domain dedication) photos by individual contributors. All were found through Wikimedia Commons and are served from tagcanyon.com as WebP and AVIF. Each photo below lists its own source, author and license. Their use does not imply endorsement by any agency or photographer.
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Rugged peaks of the Chisos Mountains rising above desert grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Big Bend National Park PB112598.jpg
- Author: National Park Service Digital Image Archives (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas pages (hero or section photo)
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Bull elk with large antlers standing in golden sagebrush
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Bull Elk (48877056971).jpg
- Author: GrandTetonNPS (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: home page (hero); Wyoming elk pages (hero or section photo); Wyoming pages (hero or section photo); Elk pages (hero or section photo); utility pages (hero or section photo)
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Mule deer buck with wide antlers grazing in grass on the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: A Big Buck Mule Deer on the National Elk Refuge (54085796277).jpg
- Author: USFWS Mountain Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: deer index (hero); Texas mule deer pages (hero or section photo); Wyoming deer pages (hero or section photo); Deer pages (hero or section photo); email newsletter
Pronghorn buck standing in golden evening grass on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Pronghorn buck Seedskadee NWR 2 (12895951444).jpg
- Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Wyoming hub (hero); Texas pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); Colorado pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); Wyoming pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); Wyoming pages (hero or section photo); Pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); utility pages (hero or section photo); Season Gear (section photo); email newsletter
Desert canyon country below the Guadalupe Mountains under a cloudy sky, West Texas
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Guadalupe Mountains National Park GUMO4307.jpg
- Author: National Park Service Digital Image Archives (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas pages (hero or section photo)
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Sunset light over jagged peaks and plains at Glacier National Park, Montana
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Spring Sunset over Glacier National Park (48490364537).jpg
- Author: GlacierNPS (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: email newsletter
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Bull elk bugling beside golden autumn aspens at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: File-Bull elk bugling at Mammoth Hot Springs;-Neal Herbert;-October 2015;-Catalog 20349d;-Original ndh-yell-7596 (b4d3a5b9-56da-49cd-84ee-9aced09a6bfa).jpg
- Author: Neal Herbert (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Hunt Trips (hero); elk index (hero); Wyoming elk pages (hero or section photo); Wyoming pages (hero or section photo); Elk pages (hero or section photo); utility pages (hero or section photo); home page (newsletter band); email newsletter
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Pronghorn herd crossing frosty sagebrush flats on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyoming
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Pronghorn on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (33174298106).jpg
- Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: pronghorn index (hero); antelope index (hero); Texas pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); Wyoming pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); Pronghorn pages (hero or section photo)
Hunter in blaze orange walking through tall golden prairie grass on a national wildlife refuge
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Upland game bird hunting in LaCreek National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota - 50615350606.jpg
- Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas upland pages (hero or section photo); utility pages (hero or section photo); home page (section photo); email newsletter
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Duck hunter silhouetted in a marsh at sunrise with decoys and a retriever
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Duck Hunting Traditions (50569300713).jpg
- Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Season Gear (hero); Texas waterfowl pages (hero or section photo)
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Four hunters in camouflage kneeling with their mule deer bucks at Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Hunters and Bucks (5393419435).jpg
- Author: USFWS Mountain Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Montana deer pages (hero or section photo); Montana pages (hero or section photo); Hunt Trips (section photo)
American alligator in marsh water at San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas coast
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: SanBernardNWR2.jpg
- Author: Lazarus1255 (Lazarus1255)
- License: CC0 (terms)
- Used on: Texas alligator pages (hero or section photo)
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Northern pintail ducks landing in golden marsh grass at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Anahuac NWR Pintails (33827945578).jpg
- Author: USFWS/Southeast (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas Wingshooting (hero); Texas waterfowl pages (hero or section photo); Texas Wingshooting (section photo)
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Bull elk in golden grass at sunset below the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Bull Elk West of the Dunes (51877111515).jpg
- Author: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Colorado hub (hero); Colorado elk pages (hero or section photo); Colorado pages (hero or section photo); Elk pages (hero or section photo); utility pages (hero or section photo)
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Bull elk with velvet antlers grazing at a forest edge in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Elk Bull in Forest (40899090223).jpg
- Author: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Colorado elk pages (hero or section photo); Colorado pages (hero or section photo)
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Mature mule deer buck with hard antlers bedded in open grassland
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Mule deer buck near the north entrance (26624839129).jpg
- Author: Yellowstone National Park (NPS / Jacob W. Frank) (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas mule deer pages (hero or section photo); Colorado deer pages (hero or section photo); Colorado pages (hero or section photo); Deer pages (hero or section photo); email newsletter
Bull elk standing in a green Montana meadow
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Bull elk stands in a montana meadow.jpg
- Author: Ryan Hagerty (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Montana hub (hero); Montana elk pages (hero or section photo); Montana pages (hero or section photo); Elk pages (hero or section photo)
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Mule deer buck among rocks and brush in Glacier National Park, Montana
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Mule Deer Buck (43010371115).jpg
- Author: GlacierNPS (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Montana deer pages (hero or section photo); Deer pages (hero or section photo)
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Pronghorn herd on the prairie in the Missouri Breaks, Montana
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Pronghorn in the Missouri Breaks (50956933117).jpg
- Author: blm_mtdks (Bureau of Land Management)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Deadlines (hero); Colorado pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); Montana pronghorn pages (hero or section photo); Montana pages (hero or section photo); Pronghorn pages (hero or section photo)
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Feral hog in brushy grassland on a ranch near Albany, Texas
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Feral hogs are abundant and dangerous at the Stasney's Cook Ranch in Albany, Texas. (24814874300).jpg
- Author: USDA NRCS Texas (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Trail Cameras guide (hero); Texas hog pages (hero or section photo); Season Gear (card)
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Rio Grande wild turkey walking through dry grass and brush
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Rio Grande Wild Turkey (45990100301).jpg
- Author: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas turkey pages (hero or section photo)
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Javelina (collared peccary) among prickly pear cactus
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Javelina; Collared Peccary (51232216024).jpg
- Author: CarlsbadCavernsNPS (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas javelina pages (hero or section photo)
Aoudad ram with curled horns standing in desert grass and yucca
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Ammotragus lervia 197008104.jpg
- Author: henrya (henrya)
- License: CC0 (terms)
- Used on: Texas exotic pages (hero or section photo)
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Mature white-tailed buck with a big, wide, many-point hard-antlered rack looking back past a tree in an autumn forest
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: Oh. He Saw Me. (23085504192).jpg
- Author: NPS photo by Katy Cain, Shenandoah National Park (National Park Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: email newsletter
Mature white-tailed buck with a tall hard-antlered rack walking through dry Texas grass, whole body in view
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: White-tailed deer.jpg
- Author: USDA photo by Scott Bauer (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: Texas hub (hero); Texas deer pages (hero or section photo); Deer pages (hero or section photo); Trail Cameras guide (section photo)
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White-tailed buck following a grazing doe through tall fall grass at Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota
- Source: Wikimedia Commons: White-tailed Deer Karl E Mundt National Wildlife Refuge South Dakota (52530020988).jpg
- Author: USFWS Mountain Prairie (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- License: Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government)
- Used on: fall food plots article (hero)
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