Fallow Deer and Mouflon Enclosure
Obora s daňky a muflony
Explore a serene enclosure near Hradec Králové, home to fallow deer and mouflons, offering a unique opportunity to observe these shy forest creatures and learn about their natural habitat.

📜 An enclosure housing fallow deer and mouflons in a natural setting.
🦌 Observe beautiful, shy forest inhabitants and learn about responsible feeding.

Why Go

🌿 Experience a natural environment near Hradec Králové
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for families to observe wildlife
📚 Learn about fallow deer and mouflons
🌰 Opportunity to feed deer with acorns and chestnuts (only!)

What to Expect

🏞️ Enclosure completed in autumn 2015, covering 1.25 hectares.
🌳 Features a large amount of natural cover, making observation challenging but ensuring animal welfare.
🦌 Permanent residents include:

  • Daněk Miloš: A three-year-old black fallow deer from Bačetín, known for his beautiful palmate antlers, sharing the enclosure with a younger deer born here.
  • Daněly (Does): The first resident was a reddish-brown doe from Dolní Jelení, later joined by four more females (reddish-brown, white, two black) and a fawn from Běleč nad Orlicí, with numbers varying.
  • Muflon Bertík: A lively mouflon who arrived on January 19, 2016, from a private farm near Dvůr Králové nad Labem, named by his original owner.
  • Muflonky: Two female mouflons joined on December 14, 2015, from a farm near Jaroměř, with one additional mouflon retained from their offspring.

⚠️ Important Info

🚫 Feeding Rules: FALLOW DEER CAN ONLY BE FED ACORNS AND CHESTNUTS.
❌ Do NOT feed them anything else, as it can cause harm.

About Fallow Deer

🦌 Fallow deer (Dama dama) are the only species in the Czech Republic, besides the rare European moose, to boast palmate antlers.
🌍 Not native to Czech nature, they are easily recognized by their reddish-brown (sometimes black or grey-brown in winter) coat with small white spots.
🌿 Males use their distinctive palmate antlers for marking territory and intimidating rivals during the rutting season.

History

🌍 Originally from the Mediterranean region and Asia Minor.
👑 Spread by Romans for ornamental purposes and meat.
🇨🇿 First mentioned in Czech Republic in 1465 near Vyškov.
🌲 Initially kept in enclosures, later released into free hunting grounds.

Current Status

🌾 Fallow deer primarily cause damage to agricultural crops through grazing, with minimal impact on forest stands as they mainly feed on herbs, grass, leaves, and fruits like acorns and chestnuts.
📈 The population in the Czech Republic is thriving, with over 100 individuals living in the municipal forests of Hradec Králové, offering opportunities to spot them in the wild.

Managed By

🌳 Managed by Městské lesy Hradec Králové a.s.