If it was within 10 miles of Forest Row then it could well have been a sika. The only other large deer in Sussex is fallow.
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The one I saw looked like a big Red Deer stag, as in the photo above with a large well developed set of antlers. I only ever saw him the once as he was on his own & very cautious; he knew I was there even though the wind was in my face & I was crouched behind a bush.
Where abouts in West Sussex did you see it? If it was around Horsham then it will be a escapey(sp) red from Warnham
It was south of Haywards Heath and north of Brighton by around 8 miles. It had a white bottom but no sign of any antlers.
They lose their antlers at this of year and if your stag had no antlers then they are lying around the woods somewhere they would be nice to find. I just spent the last 2 1/2 hrs tracking the deer in my local woods looking for antlers.
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Alan.
Not a sika then. There's no sika there. By far the most common species in that locality is roe, but they do not have white backsides. I'm guessing it was a fallow.
It wasn't a fallow as none of the deer I have ever seen in this area have spots as fallows do and we have shot a few and they have roe deer antlers. Of the roe that I have seen,most of them have white backsides.
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