Red Deer Stags Fight For Females In Rutting Season | Scotland | Wild Travel | Robert E Fuller
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- Red stags are at their most magnificent during the annual rutting season, when males compete for females. Their antlers grow larger, their necks widen so that they can roar louder and their posture becomes regal and commanding. But all this effort takes its toll.
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Red deer rut
The annual red deer rut takes place every autumn. At this time, red stags compete for females, or hinds, in loud and often dramatic stand-offs. The name of the game is to collect as many hinds as possible and prevent younger males from stealing them. The name 'harem' has been borrowed from Arabic to describe a males' herd of hinds.
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This year I travelled to Ardnamurchan in the Highlands of Scotland to watch the red deer rut. I could hear the roaring of the stags ringing across the valleys from the moment I arrived.
Red stag roar
During the rut, a red stag's roar becomes louder and deeper. This is because their necks actually grow wider, a biological change that is thought to be triggered by autumn’s shortening days and makes space for their larynxes to fully open.
Red stag antlers
Stags grow new antlers every year, especially for the event. Hunters classify stags according to the number of points to their antlers. During my trip I watched an Imperial Stag, with 14 points, each gleaming with sharp white tips, and a Royal, with 12 points.
Red stag posturing
As the females come into season, testosterone surges through the males and they become visibly more aggressive and can clash antlers in dramatic duels. Their entire focus becomes about gathering hinds and guarding them. There are always competitors waiting in the wings to steal away a few females.
All this takes its toll
But the rut takes its toll on these magnificent beasts. Dominant stags get little time to eat or rest and can lose up to 30% of their body weight during this time.
Exhausted royal stag
This film follows my journey as I watch a handsome royal stag become increasingly weary as he tries to keep track of his harem and fend off numerous interlopers determined to steal away his hinds.
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Absolutely breathtaking! The Imperial and Royal Stags were impressive. I did feel for the one losing so many of his harem. Another beautiful film, thank you!
Thanks Victoria we were there for a week it was an amazing experience being out in the wilds of Scotland for a week from dawn to dusk
Another brilliant video, and two very impressive stags, I had no idea that a stag had to work so hard to keep his harem together. Thank you for sharing Robert, your videos are always informative and beautiful to watch.
Thanks 😊 the Stags then have to get through the challenging Scottish winter after the rut
Thank you so much for an very interesting video ! The landscape as well as the animals are beautiful !
Yes landscape and wildlife just Spectacular more films coming from the Ardnamurchan in Scotland Otters Eagles
wow, that imperial stag was a gorgeous, deep bronze! stunning colors
I didn’t expect to see such impressive stags out on the mountains we saw one at dusk one day that had 17 points
This puts discovery channel to shame. Incredible work.
That's very kind of you
Hey Robert, I am from Australia and i have a great time watching your video's for last 3 months+
I have some inspiration to do put up bird feeders around and watching some interesting birds coming in and out.
Always great to see your videos and always look forward to see they're great journey's that you provide for all of them, Keep up the great work mate very good entertainment and interest.
Sounds great! Glad you're enjoying the content
Thanks for watching glad you enjoy my channel it means a lot to me and my team so many positive comments I have been to the amazing Australia 🇦🇺 and hope to go again soon Kangaroos koalas and amazing Great Barrier Reef 😁
Hello also from Australia.
I am from the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria and after watching your videos for over a year now I have more of an idea about where to place nesting boxes, feeders etc.
Thank you Robert. I’m constantly amazed by your videos, knowledge and passion for the natural world.
Incredible and informative. Really nicely done, thank you. I love the arial shot at the end.
Amazing to watch these animals playing freely ..thank you for this wondeful video
Thanks it’s one of my favourite places to go but never been in the autumn 🍂
Saw some deer when I was on Ardnamurchan. A remote area, well worth a visit. I saw a mink there. Robert this is wonderful footage. You have definitely captured the awesome beauty of the peninsula. Thank you!
Thanks so much 😀 the weather was extreme rain winds when we were there for a week with moments of brightness here and there but the last day the sun shone and we got some incredible footage of one of my favourite parts of Scottish landscape
Stunning landscape and interesting to observe the Stags and Hinds through their mating season processes. Thank you for posting!
And thanks for watching and commenting 😃
Great video. Took me awhile to realize that what was being pronounced as" hahreem" was the British way of pronouncing harem. In the US, the word sounds like "hairum". Usually, pronunciation isn't so different so this was amusing.
Glad you enjoyed it and understood my Yorkshire accent 😄
What a beautiful and informative video! The views were absolutely stunning. With all of your films I am really learning so much about the UK and the beautiful landscapes and diversity of wildlife that you have there. Thank you!
Thanks for watching and your kind comments I have traveled to that part of Scottish landscape many times I was there in September this year and the stags had just started to roar I new then I had to come back in October for the Red Deer 🦌 Rut
Beautiful video! Only once have I seen one of these up close. I was driving up a tiny country road at night near Loxhore in Devon October 2015 when a stag came out of the bushes on the left hand side, galloped across the road in front of the car and ran beside us for a while then disappeared into the field on the right hand side. Throughout this holiday we heard the rutting stags roaring overnight and in the mornings (sounded a little like mooing cows). Very special indeed.
Great Get up to Scotland in mid October they are much more visible there living out on the mountains, take some warm clothes and a waterproof jacket
Another cracking Vid
Glad you enjoyed
Jus love to see d panaroma of d Scottish rugged highlands with d deers roaming free, thanks to your efforts Robert to capture d great beauty!! Must've taken alot of effort to do so. Greatly appreciate it. 🤗🤗
We were in the wilds of Scotland for a week out every morning before dawn and back well after dusk every day ! the weather some days was brutal heavy rain and winds ! But me and my team loved every moment of it, and came home with a unforgettable experience
You are blessed to live such a fascinating life. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Loved it! Beautiful animals and great filming!
Thanks 😊 this was a big project but well worth it when we finish the final film
Hi Robert,
Thank you so much for providing all this incredible content. Your videos give me hours of enjoyment and I love the live streams as they are amazing to track the progress of the owls, stoats, kestrels, etc… in their day-to-day life. I find British wildlife incredibly fascinating and over the last year I have used trail cameras to observe and study wildlife in my local area. So far I have only found muntjac deer of the British deer species and this video was stunning. The landscapes and deer are phenomenal. Have you ever thought about creating videos on how to find nests, dens, setts etc…? I’m so excited to watch willow and ghosts chicks hatch, grow & fledge in the coming weeks. I plan to visit your gallery soon as well! Keep up the wonderful and inspirational work and have a great day! 🦊🦉🦡🐇🐿🐀🦔🦌
Thank you for allowing me to experience this incredible view.
You're a great teacher .
Thanks so much for your kind words and for watching it was a amazing experience being in the mountains for a week following the red deer herds
Beautiful views,
Love that royal stag.
Enjoyed!
You should really make a tv show with this quality! I’d watch it😂
I have done quite a bit of tv work but it’s always complicated with long embargoes which means we can’t share our videos on CZcams and Facebook in the way we do which is free to anyone in the world to watch 😁
7:10 nothing stops me .... jaja.
Brilliant stuff Robert.
Thanks 😊
Absolutely amazing
Thanks 😊 stunning area of Scottish landscape with amazing wildlife
Stunning footage, amazing production and STAGgering entertainment! Thank you Mr Fuller for your delightful channel!
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed this video it was a brilliant trip and a pleasure to document dish an amazing spectacular event
Wow that royal stag was amazing! I love the two-tone color of the tips of his antlers. They don't even look real.
Incredible footage. I wish I had the time and means to photograph beautiful animals all day too 😉
That was an amazing and beautifully filmed video. Excellent work!
Thank you very much!
Fantastic video Ref don't know much about Deers and Stags but I am learning. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Always the highest quality videos! Better than the Discovery channel💯
Wow 🤩 that’s a Compliment thank you 😊 We spend a lot of time watching individual animals and just simply tell there story 😁 The bigger channels go wrong by imposing there made up stories on wildlife filming multiple different animals sometimes in many different countries and pretending its the same animal or bird
That was beautiful and exciting! Thank you so very much for sharing this amazing experience with us❣️
Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting 😁
Fantastic Video, Stags and landscape 👍
Thanks is a beautiful part of Scotland I have been many times but never in the autumn
I love watching these videos, thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
Stunning! You capture God’s artistry so perfectly. Thank you!
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 😃
Very nice thank you.
Thanks 😊 for watching 👍
Beautiful creatures
Thank you for the information on these red deer. I always learn something interesting on the animals you film. It enriches the videos quality and increases the enjoyment of these animals. Beautiful 🙂
Our pleasure!
An over the hill stag🤣🥰
One of my last bits of footage on the last day 👍
Masterfully done, beautiful video, thank you. I did wonder though what you kept saying when you said hareem, we pronounce it hare-em.
😃 Harem same meaning different pronunciation glad you liked the film
i love your nature videos, and the fact that you hunt with a camera. GOD bless you.
Yes the good thing about hunting with a camera they are there again the next day so you can do it again and see and learn more 😃
Beautiful animals
They really are stunning. It was amazing to get so close to such majestic creatures
Beautiful video!!! Great information!! STUNNING scenery!!! Thank you Robert!!!! I loooooove Red Deer, so this video made my day!!!!
Sending love and luck from the U.S.!!
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Definitely wouldn't mind a longer video on Red Deer!!! Lol 😁
Thanks 😊 this was a great film to make
I have traveled to that part of Scotland many times but never in autumn 🍂 I was there at the beginning of September and the Stags had just started to roar I knew then I just had to go back for the rut
Thank you Mr Fuller for the beautiful film
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 😃
Great channel, thanks!
Thanks for watching 😊
Great video! Love this fantastic capture 👌
Thanks a lot!
You wouldn't get me anywhere near those boys 🤣👍🏻
Some Red Deer that live in parkland that are used to people can be dangerous in the rut especially when people have dogs but not wild deer that live in the mountains
@@RobertEFuller Good to know, thanks. Though you're talking to someone who's afraid of sheep!
I really enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much.
Thanks for watching 😁
Oh my Robert!! You've outdone yourself on this video!! How truly fascinating to wat h these marvelous deer in their natural habitats! And SCOTLAND!!! How beautiful it is. My ancestry is from there & it was so thrilling to see the beautiful landscape. Thank you so much for another great video!💕❤💋🥰🦌🦌🦌
Thank you 😊 We spent a week there in Scotland I went with some of my video team Sam Will and Ollie ! we were out in all weather to capture the dramatic rutting season and spent a lot of time getting the editing just right
@@RobertEFuller Beautifully filmed & edited. Thank you & your team for a wonderful documentary. I didn't know Scotland had deer that pretty!! 😳 ❤💕💖💞💚🧡
This place is like Heaven
Spectacular scenery, it felt wild too as if you were the first person to discover it Robert! The deer are beautiful and the stags' horns wonderful. I enjoyed hearing abut them, so interesting. West Scotland is even more my favourite place now! 💖🇦🇺
It’s an amazing place alright, the weather was pretty harsh when we were there but it was amazing to witness the Rut there
Love your videos!
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 😀
That was a real treat for us to get a peek into their lives, thanks REF.
It’s a pleasure to share 😃 It was amazing to see them in such a beautiful place, we battled against all the weather that Scotland could throw at us wind 💨 rain but came home with a beautiful film
@@RobertEFuller Maybe we could get a short film of your and the teams difficulties? Sometimes the making of a film project is as interesting as the project itself. 🤞
Great film and location Robert 👌👏
Thanks it’s an amazing place we left all the days of rain 🌧 and wind 🌬 out of the video 😁
This is so great. Thanks again for another great video
Thanks glad you liked this one it was a full week of filming and many miles walked to get this film
@@RobertEFuller what equipment do you use, do you have someone who films you.
Yes I have a great team who help me with filming and editing all the footage. It takes a lot of time to put these films together for everyone to enjoy.
What a beautiful video man....enjoying your work ...thank you for the great content ....Love from India
Thanks for watching all the way from India 😃
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
1:44 „Imperial stag with 14 points“
Wow! He must be a very frequent user on the Robert E Fuller channel
The 14 pointer was impressive but we saw a 17 pointer while we were there but it was too dark to film
Wonderful landscape and wonderful deers! Thank you for your work- really great 👍🦌
Thanks it’s a amazing place just glad we did it Justice in film which isn’t always easy especially with the weather up there 🌧
Great video would love to see more.
More deer or other wildlife ? There is plenty to see on the channel
I would love to see other wildlife.
Hi Robert, your videos are just phenomenal, they are well shot and the editing is great. Congratulations and you just gained a new subscriber. have a nice weekend from Canada👍 Serge 🍁
Brilliant welcome to the channel so please you liked the film 😀 plenty more videos to come
amazing footage! thanks for all your hard work to share something so incredible with us
Thanks so pleased you enjoyed it it was a big project with many miles walked in all weather for the week we were there must mention Sam, Will and Ollie that are part of my video team
Lovely as always. Thank you!
And thanks for watching 😉
Absolutely stellar vid! Probable award winning!🦌💌❤️🦌👍
Thanks it was a great one to film ! a week in the wilds of Scotland
Wonderful sights thank you Robert
Thanks for watching and kind words 😃
Thanks 😊
Great footage, you should be on the springwatch team!
I have done work with them before on kingfisher’s weasels and stoats but just stick to my own stuff CZcams Facebook nowadays
You should have your own television show.
I have done quite a bit of tv work let’s just say it’s complicated 🤔 having long embargoes for years while the program is made would mean no CZcams Facebook etc ! The great thing about CZcams it’s free for any one to watch almost any were in the world
Thank you Robert that was amazing
Thanks glad you liked it 😁
I loved this! Thank you so much!
Thanks it was an amazing trip 😃
Very Very Very Nice, Very Very Very Interesting 👍 .
Thank you very much
I love your video, an paintings. All the work you do for the animals is wonderful. I'm always on your site
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing video , I love how you explain behaviour of these beautiful creatures
Thanks for watching and commenting
Fantastic!! I saw rocky mountain elk for the first time last weekend up a local canyon. It's interesting to compare the 2 species, they are very similar. Deer and elk are truly beautiful animals, thank you for sharing such a great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You got the best job
Amazing footage, I bet you've been enjoying to follow those powerful and fascinating animals in such a beautiful landscape ! It must have been hard work, but the result is stunning, thanks for sharing 😊 !
Thanks yes tough project out in the mountains for more than 12 hours a day with equipment in all weather mainly bad but loved every moment of it I took Sam Will and Ollie that work for me on the video team it was brilliant experience
We saw deer in a field and there were red deer rutting. in Ireland we don't have many deer but in places they explode in numbers and they kill all the understory of the woods so each year about 500 deer are
Another cracking video
Thanks Robert cheers:)
That was really amazing to watch Robert!! Never new what you've just told about the deer I really enjoyed watching 👏😘
Glad you enjoyed it 😃
@@RobertEFuller 👌💕
I didn't know 🦌 went moo. 😂😂😂
The stags are handsome fellows! It has to be exhausting to keep the ladies close and fight off the other suitors!
Although the stags' weaponry is impressive, I imagine these bucks don't mind shedding them for a spell before they regrow even larger. Have you seen any monarch stags?
Thank you for sharing your impressive footage, Robert! Your patience and stealth in tracking these animals has paid off! 👏👏😄💕
They really are incredible animals!
@@RobertEFuller Yes! You've captured them beautifully! 😊
Thanks for posting your impressive videos.. Great camera work and amazing to see these impressive animals
Thanks for watching and commenting 😄
Incredible those mountains and the scenery breathtaking and those Red deer are such fascinating and beautiful creatures
Awesome video Robert I just started watching your channel not that long ago and I got to say Wow you're love for nature is awesome dude keep it up
Many thanks
Beautiful Film! Incredible Landscapes and Amazing subject . 🌟 🌟 🌟
Thank you!
Love your videos
Thanks for watching 😁
Magnifiques images de cerfs. Bravo pour cette vidéo impressionnante et relaxante. Merci pour le partage, bonne continuation !
Thanks 😊
Zo wat bijzonder mooi deze prachtige Edelherten .. dank je wel super dat er ook veel werk aan besteed moet worden door het mannetje en telkens weer voor al z.n vrouwtjes z.n beste beentje voet voorzetten Like... Prachtig opgenomen ..en prachtig alles verteld Supergaaf hoor... geniet heerlijk van je prachtige zondagje met vele bijzondere en gedenkwaardige momentjes met lieve groet En Gods zegen voor ieder daar xxx🙏💞🚶♀️🙏👍🌞🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌💞♥️
Thanks 😊 🦌
@@RobertEFuller 🙏♥️🐿🦉🦌🐞🌈🙏
bro tell me why at that part from 0:00 my brain thought of the song from Doja cat's "Mooo!"
love animals
Thank you for sharing this wonderful footage of the Red Deer we enjoyed seeing it . We saw the red deer at Studly last Oct and it was such a wonderful day watching how they behaved during the rutting season . Unfortunately the week before when we were in the Scottish highlands the wind and rain were so bad it was impossible to photograph the wild deer. So thank you so much for sharing these with us all . Take care : ) T.W
PS I hope you do not mind I have shared a link to this video on the one I just posted today : )
Thanks for watching 😁 we had a lot of bad weather with rain and strong winds but we had moments when it wasn’t too bad to film and like all holidays the weather was okay on the last day
A true adventurer!
Such a beautiful landscape to explore
The mal deer sound like cows! lol
It’s very atmospheric to be in the mountains listening to all the Roaring Stags
these hills need trees !! such a strange look at the deers without forests , it is a big difference to those in Carpathians - red stags surrounded by forests. But the species is the same, majestic and beautiful animal ... In the region Central Europe where i live there are big even huge stags, red deers in mountain forests ...respect
Robert, The Red Stags look like true Royalty in their natural surroundings as you filmed the rutting activities .Scotland is not a large country and their seems to be enough un- developed land to support a healthy herd of Red Stags and probably other wildlife. The population must be be small enough that human development and expansion is not eating up valuable land that they need to live on and reproduce. If true, that is great for wildlife.
There are plenty of wild places in the Scottish mountains it’s one of my favourite places to go 😁
This might sound dumb but I wonder why God didn't have a stag and a hine stay together and be a family like the birds stay together and have a family. I guess there aren't enough stags. What a beautiful place!
I was telling my husband how fun it must be to work with wildlife and to paint and to do all the awesome things you do....we are missionaries and we work with people and it's not as easy. lol However, people are created in the image of God, whereas animals are just animals.... and when people get saved and begin to grow in the Lord going to church and reading the Bible .....and they begin to have joy and peace even through some terrible problems in life.....that is very rewarding. Thank you so much for your wonderful work. I really love it. Especially watching all that you do through the lens of believing God created it all.......it's really lovely and to see God's handiwork is just amazing.
No, he was doing, the stanky face, lololol!
Looks like it, doesn't it!
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Absolutely stunning! Great filming and descriptions of all going’s on!! How far did you travel to for the filming??
I have not seen our in person but Iwas witness to a huge elk bull that tried to hide behind a cedar tree ………..his rack was taller than the tree. Lol
Thank you for your skill of sharing!😃🤗
Nearly 400 miles north up to Scotland!
That’s a bit of a drive with scenic views!
Just found out that female red deer are called Hinds
I am from Iraq
When does he find time to eat? lol.
Is that me or the stag
Red deers can be either large or smaller. Stags from the mountains usualy weight around 100 to 150 kilos, being smaller not in look but their antlers are taller with less branches. The woodland and swamp stags are more huge with individuals weight 300 kilos, enormous bodies and less taller antlers but nore branches, females dont weight more than 150. Serbia is known to have best hunting places for red deer, with champions that lasted 20 years. New Zealand is also inhabited by red deer by the europeans. Their antlers are so big with huge ammout of branches
Like a small relative of the elk
Quite right! They're closely related, both in the genus Cervus
Picking up where animal planet left off.
Thanks 😊 for your Compliment 😁