Gura Teghii
• Red stag (Cervus elaphus): The male is called a red stag or bull, the female is called the red deer or the hind, the baby up to the age of 10 months is called the deer calf. The adult red stag has the length of the trunk head up to 240-250 cm, the tail 12-16 cm, the height at the withers 152-155 cm. Body weight varies depending on age and different biological phases in the annual life cycle, so the average weight of harvested males is 240-250kg eviscerated, weighing 300-320kg live or more. Mating takes about one month (10 September -10 October) ranging from altitude to weather.
Male red stag have a distinctive roar during the rut, which is an adaptation to forested environments, in contrast to male American elk stags which "bugle" during the rut in adaptation to open environments. The male red stag roars to keep his harem of females together. The females are initially attracted to those males that both roar most often and have the loudest roar call. Males also use the roar call when co