Thread: Fallow stag

Lately on my job I've had a stag coming out on our tracks about once every 3 or 4 nights. He seems to follow the same path but I loose it when he gets into the grass at the back of the block.

A few questions, The mark seems rather large (60-70wide x 90-100long)for a fallow. In saying that though I haven't had a lot of experience with animals of this nature. Is that to big for a fallow or would it more likely be a red?

As for the range of this animal, the patch of bush hes coming out of is a stand of mature pine about 600m2, with a large native gully/creek/bog in the middle. The stand is surrounded by a strip of farm about 100m wide and then into another stand of mature pine. There is a lot of sign within the stand but not much leading out of it, could it be possible hes bedding down in the native gully during the day? or would that patch be to small and hes more likely coming through across the farm from the larger stand out the back?

I've set a trail cam on one of the highways over the weekend so hopefully that will have some answers as to what he is and how often hes coming through.

Any info of the behavior of fallow stags would be much appreciated.