The RED DEER is also native to the UNITED KINGDOM and the largest land mammal we have within GREAT BRITAIN.

• The biological structure for the RED DEER is as follows.
• The male Red deer is known as a STAG.
• The female Red deer is known as a HIND.
• The young Red deer are known as CALVES.
• The STAG stands about a metre and a half in height and can be upto 300lb in weight. Coat is dark reddish in coluor this giving the deer their name.
• Again its only the male(STAG) that grows the antlers but these can varie in size as to the ground they are living on.
• The Red hind will give birth again in the spring time this normaly being to only 1 calve but possibly 2.
• As with most our deer the stag will cast his antlers yearly then re-grow a new set. Again going through the velvet process.
• Below are the shooting seasons for the Red deer.
• ENGLAND Red stags 1 AUGUST-30 APRIL
• SCOTLAND Red stags 1 JULY-20 OCTOBER
• ENGLAND Red hinds 1 NOVEMBER-28/29 FEBRUARY
• SCOTLAND Red hinds 21 OCTOBER-15 FEBRUARY

.

Go back Next page

HOME Roe Deer Fallow Deer

©Deerstalking uk 2003