Thread: Fallow "wallow"

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

This wasn't here a week ago, seems they've found a patch of reasonably dry ground and worked it over into a big bare patch. Haven't seen before. What are they up to?
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Some pretty obvious tracks leading up to that spot Ryan, I'd be following them for sure... reckon they'll lead you right to the culprits.

possibly just a rut pad that's been muddied up by heavy rain?

Here's a fallow pad I spooked a buck next to early last month.

Originally Posted by Louie

possibly just a rut pad that's been muddied up by heavy rain?

Here's a fallow pad I spooked a buck next to early last month.

ah I didn't see the "wasn't there last week part"

Gidday fellas.
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I’ve seen the same type of scrapes on a DOC working farm I’m doing some Fallow control work on.
We had a virtually non existent rut this year. Domestic Reds on neighbouring farms went solid for over a month. Yet the Fallow in the local pines and the farm we’re culling were all but silent. Only heard one croak, and he’ll never croak again..

The scrapes seem to have been done by small animals. I saw 3 in different areas, pretty sure different bucks. Nowhere near as impressive as Ryans photo. Small and quite deep.
The last one I saw was only 3 weeks back, and it was fresh. Well after the typical late March early April you’d normally expect rutting behaviour.

Looks like Tahr is a fairly prevalent Fallow hunter, I’m sure he’ll know what it’s all about..

Hope my attempt at attaching a photo works.

The farmed reds down the road were still roaring yesterday afternoon.

The thong I find interesting about these scrapes on my place, is how "loyal" for want of a better word, the fallow are too these spots. I have a series of 3 on one of my hay paddocks. Ive filled them and fixed them, yet next year the deer will open up the ground in the exact same spot. It makes me think there is something in the soil make up on those places that they are drawn too?

@Ryan_Songhurst I see these all the time. I’ll take a few pics for you.
Dam hot over here at the moment back to UK tomorrow in Mallorca at present.

Will try to get out this weekend.

Lots of this, the scrap is that shallow puddle in the background top left.
But they will scrap almost anywhere. They don’t really wallow like a red.
I’ve not seen them lick from these but that’s not to say they won’t.