Muntjac buck encounter

[Tingers]

Thoughts?


I thought I'd shared this buck I watched tonight. He fed towards me from around 100m down to around 40m before he dissapeared into the Bush.

What are peoples thoughts of his head?

 

[ColinBr]

Looks malformed to me

 

[Tim.243]

Thoughts?
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I thought I'd shared this buck I watched tonight. He fed towards me from around 100m down to around 40m before he dissapeared into the Bush.

What are peoples thoughts of his head?

Why didn't you shoot it?

 

[Tingers]

I enjoyed watching him until a more suitable cull animal presented.

 

[TringSaint]

I would say he is an ideal cull animal. As ColinBr says the head looks a bit malformed from the pic, so he would be one I would target.

 

[terrier1]

Thoughts?
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I thought I'd shared this buck I watched tonight. He fed towards me from around 100m down to around 40m before he dissapeared into the Bush.

What are peoples thoughts of his head?

Very high silver medal most likely go gold.

 

[75]

Yep, definitely muntjac. And no dependent young. Perfect cull animal on that basis alone.

 

[Tim.243]

I enjoyed watching him until a more suitable cull animal presented.

Fair enough, they are like buses the next one is on it's way

 

[john.g]

would love to have a go at one of them , nice 1 tim

 

[Keith Edmunds]

I enjoyed watching him until a more suitable cull animal presented.

It's a nice notion but you will have far more muntjac than you see and....they'll just keep coming. I'd take him next time you see him - better than him being hit by a car.

 

[TringSaint]

Fair enough, they are like buses the next one is on it's way
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All that munty skinning!! Lovely venison, but my god they make you work for it!!

 

[Keith Edmunds]

All that munty skinning!! Lovely venison, but my god they make you work for it!!

Rather munty or roe than lugging bloody fallow about any day

 

[DaveNeal]

invasive species, they're all cull animals. being sooooo tasty too doesnt help their cause either

 

[TringSaint]

Rather munty or roe than lugging bloody fallow about any day

Well, yes, there is that!!
That’s why I like CWD - pocket sized deer which are a cinch to skin!!

 

[Tim.243]

It's a nice notion but you will have far more muntjac than you see and....they'll just keep coming. I'd take him next time you see him - better than him being hit by a car.

They are like Iceberg's most of it is under water, most of them are in the undergrowth.
He would have mated, with the next generation having been born or waiting to be.

 

[GIMLET61]

So many muntjac around its what landowners need controlling mostly at the moment due to undergrowth being low, damage to stock fences, gardens etc is more visable .
Benefits, they are easy to recover, butcher and sell on for home use.
Would have taken as another would have been along shortly no doubt.