Red Deer - Cervus elaphus
Canon 600mm f6.3 for 1/1250th @ iso400
Walking shoulder to shoulder and roaring two stags size each other up. The stags can cover a fair distance going pacing backwards and forwards and this shoulder to shoulder walk can last for several minutes.
Many times it is simply the case that one of the stags will sidle off putting in a couple of token vocal challenges as it puts distance between itself and the other stag.
However if this fails and each stag believes itself capable of defeating its opponent then antlers lock.
For some video footage of the stags roaring click here
Walking shoulder to shoulder and roaring two stags size each other up. The stags can cover a fair distance going pacing backwards and forwards and this shoulder to shoulder walk can last for several minutes.
Many times it is simply the case that one of the stags will sidle off putting in a couple of token vocal challenges as it puts distance between itself and the other stag.
However if this fails and each stag believes itself capable of defeating its opponent then antlers lock.
For some video footage of the stags roaring click here