Monkey Spanker
Well-Known Member
Had a very strange thing happen last night!
I was stalking onto a group of Reds on some sugar beet last night and spotted a Roe Buck inbetween us. I'm finished on the Roe cull so continued to close on the reds. Then, another Roe charged out onto the field and chased the first one. Both cleared a fence about 10m to my left and proceeded to have a set-to in the field behind me. Quite strange behaviour in itself with the rut well finished? Then, as if that wasn't strange enough, a lone sheep appeared from nowhere and got inbetween them. I assume it was a young ram but couldn't really tell. Everytime they tried to continue their fight the sheep faced them off until they went their seperate ways!
Anyone else ever seen a sheep bouncer breaking up deer fights?
MS
I was stalking onto a group of Reds on some sugar beet last night and spotted a Roe Buck inbetween us. I'm finished on the Roe cull so continued to close on the reds. Then, another Roe charged out onto the field and chased the first one. Both cleared a fence about 10m to my left and proceeded to have a set-to in the field behind me. Quite strange behaviour in itself with the rut well finished? Then, as if that wasn't strange enough, a lone sheep appeared from nowhere and got inbetween them. I assume it was a young ram but couldn't really tell. Everytime they tried to continue their fight the sheep faced them off until they went their seperate ways!
Anyone else ever seen a sheep bouncer breaking up deer fights?
MS