Comments on: The Rutting Time http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2009/10/19/the-rutting-time/ Despatches from the West of Ireland. Sat, 19 May 2012 14:37:02 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tom Gleeson http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2009/10/19/the-rutting-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3708 Tom Gleeson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:13:05 +0000 http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/?p=1906#comment-3708 In theory it's only the red deer stag you need to be VERY careful of, but as many non-red deer in areas such as Wicklow can be crosses with the native red, you never know when some of the smaller breed stags might react like their fiery red forefathers! Tom In theory it’s only the red deer stag you need to be VERY careful of, but as many non-red deer in areas such as Wicklow can be crosses with the native red, you never know when some of the smaller breed stags might react like their fiery red forefathers!

Tom

]]> By: John Smyth http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2009/10/19/the-rutting-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3706 John Smyth Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:01:09 +0000 http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/?p=1906#comment-3706 I might have been in more trouble if the stag had mistaken me for one of his harem... I was carrying a fairly heavy tripod so I would probably be ok even if it had got annoyed with me - it wouldn't have been the first time I was charged at by a ruminant. I might have been in more trouble if the stag had mistaken me for one of his harem…
I was carrying a fairly heavy tripod so I would probably be ok even if it had got annoyed with me – it wouldn’t have been the first time I was charged at by a ruminant.

]]> By: Steven Long http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2009/10/19/the-rutting-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3705 Steven Long Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:56:10 +0000 http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/?p=1906#comment-3705 You were lucky there John. A man in Northern Ireland was attacked and gored by a stag in Antrim last week. He too was photographing the animals when it charged him. The story is here.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8304215.stm Regards Steven You were lucky there John. A man in Northern Ireland was attacked and gored by a stag in Antrim last week. He too was photographing the animals when it charged him. The story is here..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8304215.stm

Regards

Steven

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