Stags of old

Stags of old
Originally uploaded by mark.gascoine

I was walking along through the park looking for Tin-Tin and Herbert to see if the inevitable had happened yet and they had rutted. Then i stumbled across this old fella, from a distance he looks a awful lot like Herbert, but on closer inspection he’s not .. However they may share the same parentage.

Herbert and Tin Tin are currently sharing the does amongst them. They both occupy the same land separated only by a river. There are around 7 stags all in the area, none of them real challengers to either however who knows. Both Tin-Tin and Herbert are looking very tired at the moment. Herbert still has control of his herd... the remaining 9 or so he has, but he’s looking very tired.

Anything could happen over the next 2 weeks, although its likely that things will settle down and rut will come to a close with Herbert still being king of the herd!