Things that deer do on film

[derelict]

When I looked through the YouTube video archives over Christmas I was very disappointed as most of its Fallow Deer content seemed comprise junior bucks bashing their heads together while the big boys got on with life out of camera shot, so I borrowed a video camera and filmed some deer in Richmond Park doing what comes naturally. It isn't all eating, sleeping and running away from badly trained dogs.

I have now posted some of the more notable grooming shots on YouTube. I tried to use the same "Derelict" tag - it comes from an (unsolicited!) nocturnal encounter with a deer - but that's already been snapped up by someone else - I wonder if it was the same deer(!) - so you need to search for "Deerisible". I apologise in advance for some of the titles - I thought it might widen the audience a bit!

[deer boy]

Some nice footage there derelict although the titles are a bit saucy

[derelict]

Originally Posted by deer boy

Some nice footage there derelict although the titles are a bit saucy

I guess they were - I checked the stats yesterday when I was putting up some clips of Mooseboy, the deer that disappeared (the Royal Parks managed to lose the largest fallow buck in Richmond Park, between the end of the cull and before he coud shed his rather battered antlers). The stats suggest that the clips are mostly viewed by middle-aged and older male Australians. Make of that what you will! We like to think it was that Mr Murdoch trying to pick up some tips. Still it was fun trying to be a tabloid editor...