Every year the male stags 'cast' their antlers, which basically means their antlers drop off. This is very important in the deer's annual cycle as it means broken antlers can be discarded and be replaced by new, bigger antlers which they need during the rut.
Our first male to cast is Rannoch, he cast his antlers just a couple of days ago on the 21st March. He will shortly start to grow his new antlers which will only take between 3 and 4 months!!
Rannoch looks a bit silly just now, but you wait and see.
We will pop up regular photos of Rannoch so you can see how his new antlers are coming on.
Yogi
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