Outside of the rut you are lucky to see this much of a red deer. Red deer, as well as their
cousin, the sika, are extremely secretive. During the rut though,
their mating drive can override their survival instincts, and they are much
more readily seen. |
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One of our roly-poly bulls in velvet here shows the huge amount of fat the males will put on before the rut. |
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This stag had been standing around in an open field when I came along and spooked him. |
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The hill was just a small, gentle slope, but he felt that he had to rocket his several hundred pounds of weight over it. |
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ELK & RED DEER 1 ELK & RED DEER 2 STAMPEDE ANIMALS |