Wildlife Photography Fieldcraft by Young Susan;

Author:Young, Susan;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing

Habits

The rut is the favoured time for watching Red Deer. This can take place from mid-September until November. Stags can be very aggressive at this time and each year people have to be rescued after being threatened by them, so great care is required. The Red Deer rut is seen frequently on television as it makes good viewing, and because it is possible to get good clear shots of moorland deer. In practice, the rut is not quite as dramatic as this footage would suggest. During the rut much of a stag’s time is spent in sizing up other stags, and trying to intimidate them with its size and by its roaring. Much less time is spent actually fighting.

Red Deer are active throughout the day, and in the Scottish Highlands will tend to move from higher to lower levels at dusk, and vice versa at dawn. In woodland areas, they will move to open grasslands, this being more usual at night.

Red Deer generally stay in herds of females (hinds) and young, led by a dominant female, and only meet up with males in the rutting season.

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