deer this morn.

transit260

Ive been in the countryside for a while now and this morn my son and I took a walk in goughan barra national park,so half an hour into the stroll we wander upon a small deer,standing looking at us 10 feet away and not a budge from him.I have looked through the species and cant pin down the type,he wasnt a fallow,I checked the sika but it was much smaller and two little stubby antlers on its head.I cant make out what breed it was.Thankfully I had the dog tied up and it trotted away right casual like.I was wondering if the deer down there are used to human company or was this little lad bottle fed and released.It was probably 28 inches to the shoulder as the dog is 25 and it was just a bit above him.It was a grey colour,Ive seen fallow and looked on google at the sika but they dont look the same so someone on here can sort it for me thanks.

It wasn't me!

Short stubby antlers like this?

transit260

no not the type I saw.it must have been a sika I think but it was a small deer,and it was the first time I have ever forgotten my camera.I am sick over that.Never go anywhere without it,bleedin typical.The frame of the deer was very slight but it had 2 developing antlers so would it have been a female,never thought id get stuck on this,lol.

garv123

Could have been one of last years sika prickets maybe?

transit260

thats what im thinking,it was very slight in build and small so i am thinking its just a young un.I'll be back there again some morning very early with just the cxamera.............whats the bets I'll see nothing,lol.

Birdnuts

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Short stubby antlers like this?

Is that what I think it is??;)

Theres alot of deer in this part of Wicklow but I'm paying more attention to them recently to see if any of the above lads are about the place. No sightings I can say yet with any certainty but it can be tricky at a distance with small sitka type prickets

It wasn't me!

Birdnuts wrote: »

Is that what I think it is??;)

Theres alot of deer in this part of Wicklow but I'm paying more attention to them recently to see if any of the above lads are about the place. No sightings I can say yet with any certainty but it can be tricky at a distance with small sitka type prickets

You know the field opposite Roadstone? I had to stop and pull in there one evening last summer, leaving Blessington, to watch a deer. It was a sika pricket but looked for all the world like a roe buck. Same shape of antlers and same rough size and silhouette. It was only apparent after pulling in and looking at him with the binoculars, but it was striking enough initially to make me stop the car!