The lucky shot

**cazmanian_minx** · 18-Oct-09, 16:36

Realised I haven't posted any pictures in here for ages, so here's some deer from this morning - talk about right place, right time! Just wish it hadn't been raining with low cloud so I'd had better/faster light...

**John Baikie** · 18-Oct-09, 17:17

Great shots!

**unicorn** · 18-Oct-09, 17:41

Absolutely stunning wow

**buggyracer** · 18-Oct-09, 18:55

very nice, the stag has a decent amount of hinds, he must be worn out

**unicorn** · 18-Oct-09, 18:56

He looks pretty frisky in the first pic

**dragonfly** · 18-Oct-09, 19:14

WOW

absolutely beautiful animals - lucky you and lucky timing eh!

**Kenn** · 18-Oct-09, 20:50

Brilliant capture, thanks for sharing.

**Anne x** · 19-Oct-09, 00:33

Stunning Pics thank you so much for sharing them the best on here for ages by a long way
I am quite sure it was not just a lucky shot your photography was great

**Liz** · 19-Oct-09, 10:51

What beautiful photos! It's not luck but skill!

Many thanks for sharing them.

**Mystical Potato Head** · 19-Oct-09, 18:36

Great shots.especially No3,its brilliant.

**MR_A** · 20-Oct-09, 14:57

Fantastic pics!!

Where were they taken?

**cazmanian_minx** · 20-Oct-09, 19:32

Originally Posted by MR_A

Fantastic pics!!

Where were they taken?

Thank you

It was on the B871 close to Kinbrace - from the map, I think that's Loch Achnamoine they're crossing. Basically I drove a big square (Armadale, Braetongue, Altnaharra, Syre, Kinbrace, Melvich, Armadale) on Sunday morning and saw about 200 red deer in total.

**Deemac** · 20-Oct-09, 21:59

No.3 for me also CM. Great work.

**kas** · 20-Oct-09, 22:33

As said before great shots.

Number one looks as if the stag is gathering his hinds and taking them away from another stag. We have been down the Hallidale and over to Syre watching the rut a few times now. It is hilarious to see and the noise is just brilliant, although I never saw the antler locking scrap that I would have liked to. Only alot of roaring chasing and male hormones. We saw one stag holding 40 hinds between Kimbrace and Syre. My photos were terrible
These photos sum it all up.

**kara** · 24-Oct-09, 20:19

hi cazmanian_minx
your photos are Great . i must have just missed you at Altnaharra, Syre, Kinbrace, last sunday late afternoon. never got any good one's so went back this week .
i got lucky today...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whispa63/

**kas** · 24-Oct-09, 20:21

You certainly did and I looked at your flickr site. Wow some stunning shots of wildlife that I can only dream of matching. Really like the stags in the snow.