Czech wildlife

**BushrangerCZ** · 28-12-2010, 21:06

I am very grateful that you British folks run so much good sites and blogs about bushcraft and wildlife photography where I can gain a lot of knowledge and inspiration, and so for anybody interested here is a little contribution from my own country. I use Nikon D80 with Nikkor70-300mm objective and also two Bushnell Trophy cams.

Roe deer, most common deer over here:

Red deer, also common but much more shy and clever:

Wild boar, VERY common, however it´s mainly night woodland creature so it´s not so easy to spot:

Muflon, wild goat, originally lived in whole Europe, but after ice age remained only on Sardinia and Corsica. Succesfully reintroduced and living wild in many regions of country :

**sandbender** · 28-12-2010, 21:20

Great pictures.

**Galemys** · 28-12-2010, 21:21

Great pics!

Cheers from Holland,

Tom

**Radix lecti** · 28-12-2010, 21:31

Some great pictures there BushrangerCZ. Wild Boar are quite common near to where i live.Cheers. Thanks for sharing.

Darren

**dorkingbushcraft** · 28-12-2010, 21:40

excelent pics, thankyou

**forrestdweller** · 29-12-2010, 00:30

nice pics!- i like especially the muflon, never managed to see them in the wild.
and usually i do'nt have my camera at hand when i come across some wildlife....

**sam_acw** · 29-12-2010, 09:15

Really good pictures, I've seen lots of Roe deer here but never a red. We even have Moose in some f the national parks around Warsaw.
Any beavers in your area?

**BushrangerCZ** · 29-12-2010, 15:39

Originally Posted by sam_acw

Really good pictures, I've seen lots of Roe deer here but never a red. We even have Moose in some f the national parks around Warsaw.
Any beavers in your area?

Yes, 20 minutes drive from my hometown is nature reserve "Litovelské pomoraví", where you can find beavers and otters too. Here is the pic from that reserve taken in 2009 and some more pics from woodland around my town:

**BushrangerCZ** · 02-01-2011, 17:18

something from the autumn:

**eraaij** · 29-12-2010, 09:32

Very nice! Thanks for sharing those.

-Emile

**bb07** · 03-01-2011, 19:35

Excellent pictures! The animals appear to be quite tame?

**BushrangerCZ** · 03-01-2011, 19:59

Originally Posted by bb07

Excellent pictures! The animals appear to be quite tame?

Not tame at all buddy, I have to stalk and many times crawl on the ground to find the deer, get closer and get a decent photo (except the salamander which is pretty stoic creature). Also I use objectiv 70-300mm and it magnifies the pics so they look closer. The deer is actually very shy and cautious over here because of very popular hunting.
Some pics from today (Otter tracks, Rode deer and Pheasant in nature reserve "Pr Království"):

I also saw numerous Great spotted woodpeckers and one Black woodpecker.

**bb07** · 03-01-2011, 20:36

Thanks for clarifying that. Your pictures are so nice and clear that everything looks close. Not being much of a photographer I never thought of a telephoto lens.

**BushrangerCZ** · 03-01-2011, 20:46

Originally Posted by bb07

Thanks for clarifying that. Your pictures are so nice and clear that everything looks close. Not being much of a photographer I never thought of a telephoto lens.

Well thanks much, but I´m just an amateur... there are profi dudes which take unbelievable pics (I like wilderness.sk and wildlife.sk as they also do only real wildlife)

**Ironside** · 04-01-2011, 12:26

Fantastic pics. Thanks for posting

**BushrangerCZ** · 04-01-2011, 16:42

Thanks much Ironside... From today - dry mulleins looking like cactuses:-)

**BushrangerCZ** · 06-01-2011, 16:53

From today...

**paolo** · 06-01-2011, 17:48

Really amazing pics, thanks for sharing.
I definitely must come back to Czech republic for the third time, it seems that I have missed a lot of things.
Have a Litovel beer for me too

**BushrangerCZ** · 06-01-2011, 18:09

Originally Posted by paolo

Really amazing pics, thanks for sharing.
I definitely must come back to Czech republic for the third time, it seems that I have missed a lot of things.
Have a Litovel beer for me too

Thank you... Litovel has a good beer, and also nice and large nature reserve of hardwood forests right behind the town. Give me a shout when in Litovel, it´s not far from my place:-).

**BushrangerCZ** · 15-01-2011, 22:16

Red deer stag scat... male has bullet-shaped ****, and female has both ends pointy or oval.

**BushrangerCZ** · 17-01-2011, 18:48

From my sunday trip... all these types of habitat are on just couple of square km of highland woodland, I took photos as I was passing through. I also heard boars, and spend some time in prone lying still with my camera ready, but no success. Anyway, it was a great time - and you know what they say, days spent in the woods are not counted into the lifetime limit:-).

**JAG009** · 21-02-2011, 18:15

Good pics like the night shots ,that boar looks a big beast !

Jason

**stekker** · 17-01-2011, 21:57

Thank you all,these are nice pics!

Theo

**Col_M** · 26-01-2011, 16:58

Excellent photos, just shows how much wildlife and relatively untouched countryside there is here

I've never been to Litovelské pomoraví but I will have to add it to my list.

**BushrangerCZ** · 27-01-2011, 19:58

Thanks Col_M, all national parks and natural reserves are pretty here, I especially like NP podyji, as it is smallest, but great national park, and Jeseniky mountains, which are a bit "forgotten" as they are not the highest ones.

**MrEd** · 27-01-2011, 20:04

im glad im not the only one that spends there time lying prone with a camera!

what clothes do you wear?

**BushrangerCZ** · 27-01-2011, 20:07

Hi buddy,
I wear worn army camo uniform, as a soldier, it´s cheap solution for me, and practical too - good color, material, cut, and lots of pockets.

**MrEd** · 27-01-2011, 20:18

yeah i wear a camo jacket, black trousers and i wear green gloves on my hands and a sniper veil as a kind of hat to hide the shine of my face

works quite well i have found, hands and face i think the animals can see the 'white' flashing as you move so i try hard to hide that, your pics are superb, thanks for sharing!

**Col_M** · 28-01-2011, 19:26

Here's one of my photos to add a little to the thread too

I'll have to take more photos here. I almost stood on a deer a couple weeks ago here, they are everywhere

**BushrangerCZ** · 29-01-2011, 14:57

Thanks for contribution, you´re currently in CZ? Prague?

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