Muntjac in Cheshire !

[tozzybum]

they will when they see your Movember pictures Merlin a cert for a Blue Plaque .Saw a very dead Fallow in October at the side of the A55 where it crosses back into England by the Manchester exit a bit bloated she was .Not spotted any Munties out that way yet .

 

[Morgy]

That would tie in with where I've seen them, on two occasions, both sides of the motorway.

Also at the junction between M56 and M6, but not sure if that's still in Cheshire?

I live pretty close to there, not seen any Munties though, although I believe they are to be found Northwich area

 

[Bez]

Never seen any muntjac in Cheshire, I'm sure there's the odd one prospecting or passing through.

I live a couple of miles from the Fishpool iv heard people say there here but never seen one lamping or hunting so not really having it tbh although there is a small pocket of deer near by.

 

[sinbad]

We shoot all that ground outside & inside those bends, never seen any sign.

To be honest i was surprised at seeing it, and would have stopped for a photo if it had been in a safer place, but certain it was a munti buck Steve,

 

[scoby3030]

I saw a Muntie in Nov last year at a stables near Manchester airport, just happily browsing and mooching about despite going past the same area dozens of times I've not seen it since. I have seen roe several times on the fields at the side of the M56 before you reach the Lymm interchange heading west

Scoby 270

 

[mollydog]

I saw a couple of muntie's near Swettenham about eight years ago . I haven't seen any since though I did hear a couple were shot by guns on a local pheasant shoot

 

[dryan]

Plenty of reds in cheshire. Have 2 bits of ground with them on

There are certainly roe in both the Macclesfield and knutsford, lymm, Altrincham areas but not in decent numbers.

There are increasing numbers around marple and the edge of Macclesfield.

Muntjac have been around Northwich for years.

Dog men stop the spread of deer in Cheshire.

 

[mark@mbb]

I look over the fields every night with NV and have never seen on near me and i watch over a couple of thousand acres and with a good moon i can see a long way but who knows

 

[finnbear270]

Cheshire is a deer desert, when you are talking Cheshire plain/Cheshire gap, there are no wild free living deer here, although I have used a 30 tonne Volvo loader shovel to bury a red hind killed on the Winsford road, & bladed up the quarry floor at night & next morning seen Muntie slots in the sand, along with other reliable peeps describing stuff shooting across the road early hours of the morning, This is not including the parts of Cheshire that have deer herds on estate.

 

[The Farmer]

Theres some in Bolton

 

[tiny tim]

I live in south Manchester and run a shoot near knutsford
the roe are definatly moving in, never seen any deer close by until this year ,have seen three separate deer m56 area
no muntjac but live in hope

 

[AN DU RU FOX]

Theres one in my freezer but it didn,t come from cheshire,,,,,never seen one yet,they will be there somewhere,just not where i walk,

 

[Kjf]

Theres some in Bolton

I've seen roe on my perm near horwich, near boltons football stadium and also on another perm( ,roe) in whitefield/prestwich near the m60.the farmers won't let me harvest them though on these perms I've got perms in frodsham and ince ( right next to the m56)but never seen muntjac or any deer on my travels down the m56,

i live in hope though lol

atb

kjf

 

[tiny tim]

I shot one in Cheshire 3 years ago and have seen another 2 since near where I shot the first 1. I have also seen 2 dead on the road so they are established in Cheshire.

Jimbo

where in Cheshire is this?

 

[miffy]

Traveling from Liverpool on Sunday afternoon,just getting on the M58 on the side of the fast Lane a Roe doe has been hit and killed .

 

[kenbro]

I've seen roe on my perm near horwich, near boltons football stadium and also on another perm( ,roe) in whitefield/prestwich near the m60.the farmers won't let me harvest them though on these perms I've got perms in frodsham and ince ( right next to the m56)but never seen muntjac or any deer on my travels down the m56,

i live in hope though lol

atb

kjf

We have a fair few roe in and around Heywood, but, not enough to start shooting and eating ‘em.
I think long dogs kill some.
Ken.

 

[kenbro]

Was out walking the dogs today and got talking to a guy that was obviously a shooter going off his attire.
He told me of a muntjac attacking (Trip to vet needed) a pet dog an old woman was walking in Milnrow!
The attack was witnessed by a gent who identified the deer as munty.
First I’ve heard of any being this far oop North.
Ken.

 

[garfy]

Staffs cheshire border last spring 2017

 

[Monkey Spanker]

Staffs cheshire border last spring 2017
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Hard to tell from a photo and without scale, especially on such soft ground, but I'd say they are from a small Roe. Muntjac are very distinctive and form a very small 'arrowhead' about the size of a 20p piece. They do not splay as much as your photo ones even when running at high speed.
MS

 

[garfy]

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I saw it two weeks later, kept running the same route beside a canal. Ill post all the pictures, but theres definitely a crooked toe.