Red Deer - Cervus elaphus
Canon 600mm f5 for 1/4000th @ iso400
Cover image for Autumn, this stag is holding a good number of hinds in the valley mixed in with the hinds are a good number of first year stags with no tines on their antlers. Larger stags are sitting off in a semi-circle around the herd, it is still early in the rut, but every so often this stag has a clear out of the younger stags sitting amongst the hinds. His purposeful charge causes anything that is not a hind to get up and retreat to a safe distance from this stag.
Cover image for Autumn, this stag is holding a good number of hinds in the valley mixed in with the hinds are a good number of first year stags with no tines on their antlers. Larger stags are sitting off in a semi-circle around the herd, it is still early in the rut, but every so often this stag has a clear out of the younger stags sitting amongst the hinds. His purposeful charge causes anything that is not a hind to get up and retreat to a safe distance from this stag.