De Hoge Veluwe National Park is home to around 200 red deer during the spring. Only the older male animals (stags) have antlers; young males (stags) and females (hinds) do not. A yearling with growing antlers is called a ‘spitser’; the antler consists of two points that are yet to branch out. The antlers are […]
Mouflon on De Hoge Veluwe
During the spring, De Hoge Veluwe National Park is home to around 200 mouflon. Mouflon are wild sheep originating from Sardinia and Corsica. They were introduced to De Hoge Veluwe National Park in 1921 by Anton Kröller. Adult male mouflon (rams) have large curved horns. The females (ewes) can also grow horns but they are […]
Wild Boar on De Hoge Veluwe
De Hoge Veluwe National Park is home to around 50 wild boar during the spring and several more after the piglets are born. Wild boar live in ‘sounders’ which comprise a group of one or more sows with piglets and a few yearlings (‘juveniles’). The older males (‘boars’ or ‘tuskers’) live alone and can be […]
Deer on De Hoge Veluwe
During the spring, De Hoge Veluwe National Parc is home to around 200 roe deer. A female is called a doe, a male is a buck. Roe are smaller than red deer – not much bigger than a large dog. Only the bucks grow antlers. Those antlers do not have more than six ends, and, […]