Another shot from Saturday's walk ... there were lots of red deer on the hill. The stags are not at their most handsome at the moment. They are either waiting for their antlers to fall, or just showing the stumps of the new ones. Their antlers are cast every year and grow back over a period of months. Quite an incredible feat of nature. The older deer tend to cast their antlers first. Here you see a mixture of the two on the brow of the hill, looking down on us.
@julzmaioro They're wild, Julia. We see them regularly on the hills around here, especially in winter as they come lower down for food. Some estates favour keeping them out and regenerating the forests and woodland (they decimate new growth), others favour keeping them in for shooting in season.
@jamibann We have had them run through our farm at times but they would of been 'farmed' ones that had either escaped or released ... they are a bit of a problem as the scare the cows so fences are often broken...
LOL!! It reminds me the scene in Lord of the Rings when Gandalf appears at Helms Deep at dawn to help save the day! They pour over the crest of the hill. Aye me, if I look closely enough, I think I can see Gandalf there among those deer......
@juliedduncan Yes, we do. I remember when we were kids, we used to go out hunting for them and sell them to a local guy who made all sorts of tourist mementos with them. Now we keep them for decorating our outdoor shed. We have 3 at the moment. Our son actually found 2 on Saturday, but both were old and quite damaged, so we didn't bring them home.
Wow that’s a fair sight Issi....you caught there outline beautifully on the horizon! Big fave!
It reminded me if a photo a chap called Villager Jim put up on FB.... he takes loads of wild life photos & makes his living selling them & stuff as a spin off.
How amazing to see all those little horns sticking up. I thought it was a row of small trees at first and then realized what I was seeing. Fantastic capture and b&w processing does them justice.
It reminded me if a photo a chap called Villager Jim put up on FB.... he takes loads of wild life photos & makes his living selling them & stuff as a spin off.