Day Out First trip out in a while + deer rutting

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Oct 5, 2020
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Peak District
Just returned from my first three day trip since lockdown -

Had a blast of a time - got very lucky with weather and saw some interesting things...

Could hear the stags rutting and calling every night from a distance, yet about 3am this morning myself and my friend heard an incredibly loud noise that was clearly very near - hunkered down and tried to stay as quiet as possible under the tarp - could then see the vague shadowy figures of two giant black fallow stags fighting it out about 20 metres away - its an experience I feel extremely lucky to have seen but also scared the sh*t out of both of us until they eventually went off -

Woke up to this right on the edge of our camp:

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Safe to say we won’t be camping anywhere near during the rutting season again - we were both completely aware of the risks yet it was the only time we both could get away from work in over 5 months... Definitely not worth the risk on reflection but felt great to be out and about.

Here’s a few shots from camp -

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Stay safe out there guys!


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Oct 5, 2020
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Peak District
Incredible experience and great shots. Yeah big stags are quite a sight when close and full off err exuberance,,, Certainly terrifying..

Thanks Dwardo - aye, seen it plenty of times but never within spitting distance - think I prefer watching it through binoculars on the moors haha


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punkrockcaveman

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Wow! That's insane.

The calls and the fights sound intense in the dead of night eh? I don't think you should let it put you off going this time of year.
 
Oct 5, 2020
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Peak District
Wow! That's insane.

The calls and the fights sound intense in the dead of night eh? I don't think you should let it put you off going this time of year.

Yeah real intense - wasn’t the fact it was happening it was the location we picked, will happily camp just won’t return to that spot during the rut - it’s by the stream the deer love to drink/gather at and directly below an area where we know there’s another herd so wasn’t very wise on our part really!


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