Mr Majestic

[Blackbird8]

Start of rutting season 💚🧡

[Hidden]

Handsome fella Great picture BB8

[Blackbird8 in reply to Hidden]

Many thanks Bkin hes beautiful 🧡💛💚

[sassy59]

Just look at him! Mr Cool. Lovely photo, thank you Bb8. Xxx💜❤️💜

[Blackbird8 in reply to sassy59]

Thankyou lovley lady hes a proper man 💚💛

[sassy59 in reply to Blackbird8]

💜💖💜💖👍

[Davegt]

Wow now they are proper antlers! I wouldn't want to argue with him. Lol

[Blackbird8 in reply to Davegt]

They were mammoth I didn't argue just said hi 💚🧡

[Davegt in reply to Blackbird8]

Ha. So brave. 😉

[SORRELHIPPO]

I have spent well over 30 years living the West side of London, so spent much time in Bushey Park and Richmond Park, I love watching the deer. Also love watching idiot parents who say to small children (especially in the rutting season) " do go and give this bread to the lovely deer over there". No understanding of what "wild" means, in connection with large animals.

[Ergendl in reply to SORRELHIPPO]

I saw the same in nearby Dunham Massey park. Amazed more incidents don't happen , but maybe we just don't hear about them.

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

Very majestic so very beautiful. Have a good night and take care 😊 Bernadette and Jack 🐕 xxxx

[Blackbird8 in reply to Damon1864]

Thankyou Bernadette 🧡💚💛

[leo60]

They are the most majestic creatures. I used to ride in a deer park that was used by Massey Ferguson to train their foreign drivers, as I was on a horse they would ignore us and we could get really close to them. I certainly would not want to be close to them in any other way, especially at this time of year xx Thank you BB for such a wonderful picture xx

[Blackbird8 in reply to leo60]

Your so welcome what a story and a great memory you shared with us 💛💚🧡

[RoadRunner44]

Fantastic beast and so relaxed. Amazing photo.

[Gladwyn]

Absolutely amazing pic!!

[HungryHufflepuff]

Oh. Wow. 😎What a great photo. Thank you for sharing 😊

[Caspiana]

Oh he is absolutely gorgeous and looking at you as if to say, hello. I'm sorry but what is cutting season please? xx 😑

[JerryMaren in reply to Caspiana]

Rutting seasons wen the boys fite using there antlers and who ever wins get 2 b like the top male and do all the mating with the girls

[Caspiana in reply to JerryMaren]

Ohhhh.... Thank you Charlotte. I didn't know that. xx 😄👋

[Blackbird8 in reply to Caspiana]

Rutting season begins early autumn.

The stags challenge each other using their horns with the intention of taking control .

They then mate with as many females as possible and take control of the herd as they follow him around 🧡

[Biofreak]

Beautiful.

[Blackbird8 in reply to Biofreak]

Thankyou he is that 💚

[judes]

What a handsome beast and a great photo

Thank you, keeps me connected with the countryside.

J

[Blackbird8 in reply to judes]

Thankyou Judes I'm glad to help 💚💛

[Daisy55]

Beautiful creature x

[Blackbird8 in reply to Daisy55]

Agreed 🧡

[Cade1]

Love the pic. I quite often go to Richmond Park just to look at the deer.

[Blackbird8 in reply to Cade1]

They are amazing creatures 🧡

[Izb1]

Majestic is so right, what a beautiful creature x

[Blackbird8 in reply to Izb1]

He is that very much so 💚

[watergazer]

Wow how handsome is he ?!!! Great shot BB X

[Blackbird8 in reply to watergazer]

Oh it's for you lovley 🧡💛

[watergazer in reply to Blackbird8]

Aww he’s awesome. So majestic. Thanks. I’ll see if I can save him. Xx

[SquirrelsHolt]

Oh Blackbird8 you are treating us with this beautiful photograph 📸 of the Stag with his antlers sticking out with pride and telling his rivals that he means business! 🦌 I can't get over the height of those antlers-they look enormous and would put up a good battle. Is it called "locking horns"? Thank you so much for sharing. Enjoy your Sunday . 🐿🌈x

[Blackbird8 in reply to SquirrelsHolt]

Thankyou yes locking horns is the terminology used ..

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[SquirrelsHolt in reply to Blackbird8]

Excusing my ignorance , I'm still amazed at their antlers, how magnificent they are and how majestic they look! Are they bone as in the same bones in their bodies or are they the same as hair? (I'm wanting to use the Just wondered if you knew)? 🐿🌈

[Blackbird8 in reply to SquirrelsHolt]

I'm not so much educated on them...but I think the antlers are made up of bone similar to the hoof like overgrown keloid which is how they shed and regrow ..

so would certainly not be the same as the skeletal bones but I dont know if I'm 100% on my assumption 😁

[SquirrelsHolt in reply to Blackbird8]

I'd say you are right. I would rather take your word than wade through all the www stuff. I am not a computer fan sometimes, lol😂😂.

🐿🌈x

[Mooka]

Wow great pic of a beautiful animal. Have you seen them rutting? I spend a lot of time in Thetford forest but have never seen a deer as handsome as this one.

[Blackbird8 in reply to Mooka]

In the distance yes I would advise anyone to steer clear at rutting season 💛🧡

[Kitten-kat23]

He is beautiful.

[Blackbird8 in reply to Kitten-kat23]

Couldn't agree more 🧡💛

[Shirleyj]

He's a beauty, great close up shot x x

[Blackbird8 in reply to Shirleyj]

Thankyou but zoom lense not too close 💛🧡

[Alberta56]

Hi Blackbird. Beautiful photo. He's much handsomer than the deer we get round here. What antlers.

When I was a kid we fed the deer in Richmond Park. They came scrounging round our picnic. Seemed quite friendly.

[Blackbird8 in reply to Alberta56]

Ah memories 🧡💛

[Jaybird19]

Those antlers ! Great photo.

Do these deer keep their antlers or renew them every year?

[JerryMaren in reply to Jaybird19]

There antlers fall of in spring usully and they grow them back but there covered in velvet then just befor rutting season so like September ish the velvet comes of and theyr ready. Hope that makes sense 😂

[Blackbird8 in reply to Jaybird19]

Thankyou the antlers are shed yearly very early spring sometimes before as it gets warm here quite early...they grow back in time for rutting season which begins in early autumn...

They antlers are made up bone similar to the hoof like fingernails that's why they grow back so quick very thick and woody like a keloid skin scar 💛

[Jaybird19]

Its a lot of growth in a short time

[Suesal46]

so handsome I used to live in a Leicestershire village called Shepshed and a few miles up the road was Bradgate Park and yo could walk through it was full of 🦌 and was a realy lovely place to visit 🐾🐾

[Angelgoth]

what a beautiful picture, we have loads of deer near where I live in Richmond. Does anyone remember "Fenton"

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[illawarra]

Oh that is beautiful! Thanks Blackbird8 x