The Red deer Year : August

Pesky Flies and Bloodstained Velvet During early August most mature red deer stags will have completed regrowth of their antlers. The protective highly vascular velvety skin that supplied oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone over the past months now starts to dry out and decay, attracting numerous flies. Stags may become more difficult to…

The amazing rate of antler growth

The amazing rate of antler growth The spectacular rate at which red deer antlers regrow year on year never ceases to amaze and fascinate me.  From 2014 to 2018 I was fortunate enough to observe and film two particular wild Exmoor stags closely, using a number of wildlife trail cameras that I set up at…