has any body seen munty,s in the north of england because i think i'm cracking up as i,ve been seeing things
I have previously been involved with long netting hares, they needed to be transported in boxes, the stress they suffered was great.
I struggle with the concept of catching muntjack with lurchers, transporting them in something, and releasing them in the north ?
Any deer I have been involved with caught up in wire / snares succumb very quickly to stress.
The stress of being caught by lurchers and stress induced by road transport would see them off surely.
Could they not have migrated naturally around the Humber and keep heading north ?
Regards
Ian
I have previously been involved with long netting hares, they needed to be transported in boxes, the stress they suffered was great.
I struggle with the concept of catching muntjack with lurchers, transporting them in something, and releasing them in the north ?
Any deer I have been involved with caught up in wire / snares succumb very quickly to stress.
The stress of being caught by lurchers and stress induced by road transport would see them off surely.
Could they not have migrated naturally around the Humber and keep heading north ?
Regards
Ian
Ian, don't forget that deer a naturally prey animals, for them chase and escape, fight and flight, live and die, are all in an average working day. I am not for one minute condoning the actions of the criminals that pursue deer with dogs but just saying don't underestimate a deers resilience. Also, there are many ways of catching small deer like muntjac without using dogs, your example of fox wires is a prime one. JC
has any body seen munty,s in the north of england because i think i'm cracking up as i,ve been seeing things
Hi JC275
My experiance with roe is that they die very quickly in a snare, i believe due to stress rather than strangulation.
I have no experiance with muntjac in snares, are you confirming that they dont die from stress very quickly, and that these criminals are able to move them about the UK
If we are beginning to see very isolated ones up here in north yorkshire, what would things look like in 5years and then in 10years from your experiance
Regards Ian
When you say a deer dies from stress can you (or anyone else reading this?) explain the actual cause of death?
JC
Hi JC275,
I dont underestimate the Resilience of wild life, I have spent some time being impressed by what wild life is capable of, except that is of roe deer in snares, in my experience they are overcome by stress (leading to heart failure) while in a snare, surprisingly quickly.
You mention your colleagues regularly catching muntjac in snares, and having to shoot them,
Are you suggesting they are less susceptible to stress, If you are this surprises me.
I was struggling with the concept of people catching mantjac with snares or lurchers and brining them up north, I would have expected a large percentage to die due to stress induced heart failure, Guess I was looking for confirmation that this was not the case with muntjac.
Regards
Ian