In this post I will be comparing the three different deer we have had ( not including the ones in the Forest of Dean ). However, all three of deers' coats were in a different stage, so this task could be tricky. First we will go back to 2022 when we got the first deer in the woods next to my house. This is the only time we got a group of deer. These ones were in their summer hides ( fur/skin ). Let's take a look at the footage.
As you can see one of the deer has antlers and the other does not. There have been cases of does ( female deer ) growing antlers and stags ( male deer ) not growing antlers, however both cases are very rare so it is probably a doe and a stag here. But we all mainly concentrate on the stag today as in the next two videos both the deer have antlers. In February 2023 we got another deer. It is in its winter hide so it will look a bit different.
What I want to look at are the antlers. In the winter one they are covered in velvet. But it is the size I want to see. After taking a look the antlers are a different shape. But that doesn't mean it is a different deer as roe deer cast and regrow their antlers in winter when food is scarce. Then again can they grow their antlers back that quickly? But the other deer doe which was with a stag is not there. Perhaps some thing happened to it? Let's take a look at the last deer.
This deer seems to be moulting its winter coat. This roe deer's antlers are definitely different to the first and second deer's. It has a little Y shape at the top of its antlers and is a total different shape to the second one. So, are all the deer the same or are they all different? Well, the first and the second deer could be the same, or the first and the last. If it casted its antlers over winter without being recorded, the first and last could be the same. What do you think? Please say in the comments - I read them all.
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