Fox & the Stags

deer boy · #1 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 04:09 PM

For some reason the first time i tried to submit this thread it would not allow me

& everything was lost.
So instead of writing everything out again i am only posting the pics

deer boy · #2 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 04:10 PM

mh68 · #3 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 04:15 PM

Nice set of shots there mate

Mark H

deer boy · #4 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mh68

Nice set of shots there mate

Mark H

Thanks mate

Has anyone else got any pics with Fox & deer in the same shot, they would like to share

shei111 · #5 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 05:48 PM

Hello they are super shots deerboy. shei

Words · #6 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 05:55 PM

Lovely set of photos!

demicav · #7 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 06:15 PM

Beautiful photographs.

ron1863 · #8 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 06:24 PM

Cracking shots Rodney, deer boy

ellen h · #9 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 06:29 PM

Good shots!!
ellen

monkey · #10 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 07:23 PM

Good set of pics deer boy and shame about the write up I have only ever seen one Fox and that was with a baby deer and we wont go into that

Keep up the deer photos i love seeing them
Linda

deer boy · #11 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 07:44 PM

Thank you all for your kind comments

I just wish i could have got better shots of the Fox & stag pics but because the field had cows in i didn't want them to see me & alert the stags so had to stay further back than i would have liked

Kayleigh · #12 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 09:03 PM

Nice pics Deer boy, keep them coming.

deer boy · #13 (**permalink**) 21-07-2008, 09:43 PM

Thanks Kayleigh

deer boy · #14 (**permalink**) 28-07-2008, 11:14 PM

A few from the weekend, no Fox pics this time although i saw 4 during the day but they had better things to do so couldn't wait

Jonathan · #15 (**permalink**) 28-07-2008, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deer boy

Has anyone else got any pics with Fox & deer in the same shot, they would like to share

Here's a very poor shot (it was dawn on a rainy day!). I called the Fox in, the deer just happened to be walking across the road when I took a few pics - the one on the road is a Red Deer calf, it's mother can just be seen entering the trees. There's even a hoody crow on the road beyond!

Photo taken some years ago at Moine Mhor in Argyll.

Jonathan

deer boy · #16 (**permalink**) 29-07-2008, 07:01 PM

Nice shot Jonathan, i was surprised at just how close the Fox got to the stags & cows they all seemed very content

Anyone else got any similar shots to share

deer boy · #17 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 01:47 PM

I was out at the weekend & saw a Hind chasing a Fox here's one of the pics i managed to get

Recently i've been seeing lots of foxes & they seem to be always near the deer, yet to get a shot i'm happy with though

mbaldw · #18 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 07:53 PM

Nice shot! I think most potential mothers get less tolerant of predators as they approach the breeding season. In some areas, foxes can be a significant predator of deer fawns. In his 2004 doctorial thesis for the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Anders Jarnemo wrote:

"Of the 216 fawns [monitored from 1986 to 1999 in Ekenas, Southern Sweden], 113 (52%) died before the age of eight weeks. The by far most common cause of mortality was predation by red Fox, accounting for 81% of total mortality and 88% of known mortality causes."

Overall, Dr. Jarmemp's data show that foxes took 91 (42%) of the 216 calves monitored during his study. Of course, that's not to say that predation rates are this high in the UK, or that Red Deer experience similar losses. Indeed, in the latest Mammals of the British Isles Rory Putman and Steve Hall note that foxes are the main predator of Roe in Great Britain and are a "suspected" predator of Red Deer.

Cheers,
Marc.