Ireland's Wild Coast

These mountains and these valleys have borne witness to this sound for thousands of years. These are the calls of male red deer. Proclaiming their territories. The rut has begun. And that voice... It's telling the other males to stay away, don't mess with me. Some of them have been rolling in the mud, sometimes you'll get them with grass attached to their antlers. And that's all about making themselves look bigger. The only thing that these guys have on their mind right now, is fatherhood. It's fatherhood or failure. It's all they live for and if you're not strong enough and powerful enough, than you will never become a father. The biggest land animal in Ireland. And there are several big stags displaying this morning. But there is one of them who is just bigger and more powerful than all the rest and he's the one that's got all the females. Once a stag has gathered a harem, he's got to keep a very close eye on them. Sometimes one of them will slip away, perhaps attracted by other calls, and as soon as he spots her, he goes back and retrieves her in no uncertain manner. He's gone to all that trouble gathering them.....he's not for sharing.