This is an old photo of mine but I thought I'd show it again as it has a bit of a story behind it. I saw this stag from a distance and could tell there was something wrong. Its antlers looked huge and the beast was walking with its head tilted to one side.
As I got closer I could see the lobster creels tangled in the antlers. The poor animal was struggling to move under the weight of them. If you look carefully you can just see a second lobster creel hanging by the deer's legs. I had no idea how long he'd been in this predicament but judging by the way the rope was twisted all around the tines he'd clearly been trying to thrash the darned things off for quite a while.
How had this stag ended up like this? Red deer are often seen on the shore where they lick the salt from rocks and graze on the rich grassland just above the foreshore. This stag just got too close to these washed up creels.
So what happened to the deer? It was clearly suffering and there was no way the creels were going to come loose. There was only one option: I had to tell the local deer stalker. The next morning he found the stag in the same spot and put it out of its misery. The upside of this story? More venison for the freezer.
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