Lots Of Fallow Deer On The Trail Camera

Last week I blogged about finding the track that has been made by the deer. I put my camera in a clearing where I had found lots of droppings and put down some apples as bait. I finished school yesterday at lunch time and as soon as I got home from school went out to go and get the SD card. I got some amazing footage of a large Fallow deer buck and a small Fallow buck (with no antlers yet).

I was pleased to get the buck in the daytime because last week I got him but it was dark and the video was not very clear. His antlers are quite large (about 50cm). I also got another Fallow buck a few minutes after, but this one was a very small one (a yearling, with no antlers yet), he did a bit of jumping around and it was great to see. 

I also got another buck with similar size antlers to the first one, another buck with small antlers (about 10cm), two Roe deer and a fox. It seemed like a good move to put my camera here because in five days I managed to get 35 videos. 

Muntjac Buck And A New Deer Wood

last week I got a Muntjac buck on my camera but unfortunately because a squirrel had knocked the camera I only got the tap part of the head. fortunately this week the camera wasn't moved and a got a great video of probably the same deer. 

I also got the usual two Roe deer.

Whilst out checking my camera this morning I noticed a track that lead into some woods. It didnt look man-made because it wasnt that well used but was a very obvious track and it was definitely made by some kind of animal.  The reason it was so obvious was because itpractically  went straight through a bramble bush, into a very deep pine plantation. 

Once inside it was a very obvious track and was clearly used lots by the deer. It had lots of junctions leading to lots of other tracks and it was amazing that all these tracks were made entirely by the deer. 

We came across a clearing that was very large and was probably where the deer spent lots of their time (although they are almost always on the move). The trees near it were chewed and there were lots of deer droppings. 

There was a great water source for the deer to drink because there was a small, natural stream going straight through the middle. 

I will try and set my trail camera up there tomorrow  but the only problem is that I might not find it again because there were so many different tracks leading off into all directions. 

Fallow and Muntjac buck on the Trail Cam

this week I got some footage of a very large Fallow Buck and a Muntjac Buck (A new species for my cameras as have never got them before). Unfortunately earlier that week a squirrel had knocked my camera so it was pointing at the trees so I only got the top of the deers' bodies.

Although it is not a great video because it cuts his feet off and it is in black and white, I am very pleased with the size of those antlers and hope to get some good daytime images of him in the not so distant future. I would estimate that those antlers are about 50cm long each and he is probably about 4-5 years old. 

I also got a Muntjac deer buck but unfortunately you can only see the top of his head. I have left the camera there for another week (but aimed it down this time) so hopefully they will come back and I can get some good footage.