Beowulf said:
We had this discussion about six months ago and I at the time said that you need to be careful when calling Muntjac. If a Doe answers the call, she may think that its her dependant fawn in danger. Its up to the individual stalker, but I try to make sure that I don't leave dependant fawns to starve to death or be gobbled up by Reynard.
A good point, just recently I have had access to a small parcel of land that holds a few roe and munties.
Until this point all I had managed to call with the buttalo was buzzards!!
One evening I ventured forth to practice where I had seen an ideal cull buck, within a few minutes of calling I heard a noise coming from behind me, my first thought was that it was a spaniel crashing through the white grass and floods at some speed. Then I saw her, a muntjac doe skidding to a halt just 5 yards short of me, we eye balled each other for a second or two, but it felt like an hour. She then ran off in typical muntie style.
Amazed and in a state of disbelief I repeated the whole process and again she came running. The following evening I saw her and the young fawn, so she has been left in peace.
However I did spot a poor buck and have copied my post from another forum
As I result of lack of sleep this weekend I was feeling a bit grumpy so I went to a little patch of land where some of you will know I have been watching and calling a Muntjac doe and fawn.
Last week I spotted poor buck so popped over tonight for a look with the gun. As soon as I arrived I saw the doe scuttling away from her usual spot.
I moved along and stopped at the base of a tree and started calling, quickly a Roe buck sprang from the blackthorn and had a quick look and walked back into the cover. He was not my target tonight and will keep for another time.
After calling for about 5 minutes the Muntjac appeared from the same spot I had seen him last week, a quick scan in the bins confirmed he was the same poor buck I was after. He was walking straight towards me so I shouted out to stop him and he obligingly stopped at about 55 yards and turned nearly broadside on.
I took the shot and he ran 25 yards and dropped and lay still.
So I loaded him in the truck brought him home and he is now chilling in the freezer
As you will see from the picture a poor specimen and an ideal cull buck.