Mating red deer attracts a large audience: ‘They work really hard by rolling in a pit of urine, which is exhausting!’

It is October, the time for red deer to make work of the females. Rutting excursions to the bellowing animals are fully booked in no time at the beginning of summer. In the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve, with limited access to visitors, you have a beautiful view of the mating rituals of the deer. “The does prefer a powerful, but also tender deer.”

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