My first Muntjac buck and what a beauty!

[NWK]

HI all,

Got my first muntjac buck last week!

After 4 outings of only seeing Roe Doe and Roe bucks still in partial velvet, I saw this muntjac buck following a doe, but couldn't get a shot as it was in heavy cover and didn't have my butolo

Went out again (with butolo this time!) and only was only seeing Roe.

Finally on outing number 6 of the week I spotted the doe but no buck following, after waiting a bit I got on the buttolo and lo and behold he poped up out from behind a tree which was only 13 yrds away.

Was such an amazing experince!

 

[Klenchblaize]

Lovely handbag buck. Well done!

K

 

[NWK]

Lovely handbag buck. Well done!

K

yes walking it down the hill was a breeze, not looking forward to transporting my first fallow buck!

 

[Donkey Basher]

That looks like a nice one

 

[NoIDeer]

He looks like an old boy those bases below the pedicles are almost non existent.

Well done, lovely buck.

 

[weblyish]

He's very photogenic

 

[Roebuck9]

Well done and wishing you many more to come.

 

[wboulter]

Very nice buck Congratulations on your first Muntjac

 

[ryanacarey]

Great looking buck

 

[gutu]

Dear friends, I apologize, with all due respect, but I don't understand something. Please explain.
Please explain to me the meaning of goat hunting. Why do you enjoy this?
I have hunted goats, pigs, foxes, badgers, rabbits... After years, the worst hunt is deer. They are naive, gullible, they count on speed, which is why they die.
I agree, the risk is minimal, no danger. Ideal hunt for office boys. If the hunt is ordered by the office, the tourist company will tell you to the target. After that, photos, comments and applause follow.
And after that you are great HUNTERS?
Buy a ticket to Africa, get a license, a rifle in your hand and independently hunt a lion, leopard, even a wolf. After you succeed, post it and we'll see. Without the help of guides, moderators. Without anyone. Just you and the animals. Without money, without support. If you hunted a lion, you're bravo! Not the tourist company, you alone!
Goats... it's official nonsense.

 

[Klenchblaize]

First AI contribution to the site?

K

 

[gutu]

First AI contribution to the site?

K

What the hell? What the hell are you talking about?

 

[gutu]

Even more so I don't understand the so-called "HUNTERS" with official money. Better counter-strike on the computer. They don't understand nature, animals, the principles of hunting. The company organizes everything.
Try to hunt at least something on your own...
Go into the forest alone, night, day. Listen to nature. Intuition. Beware of predators. Live and survive in their world. If you succeed, no one will applaud, because no one knows about it. It will be hard to publish on Facebook, Instagram, etc. And no one cares.

 

[shakey jake]

Dear friends, I apologize, with all due respect, but I don't understand something. Please explain.
Please explain to me the meaning of goat hunting. Why do you enjoy this?
I have hunted goats, pigs, foxes, badgers, rabbits... After years, the worst hunt is deer. They are naive, gullible, they count on speed, which is why they die.
I agree, the risk is minimal, no danger. Ideal hunt for office boys. If the hunt is ordered by the office, the tourist company will tell you to the target. After that, photos, comments and applause follow.
And after that you are great HUNTERS?
Buy a ticket to Africa, get a license, a rifle in your hand and independently hunt a lion, leopard, even a wolf. After you succeed, post it and we'll see. Without the help of guides, moderators. Without anyone. Just you and the animals. Without money, without support. If you hunted a lion, you're bravo! Not the tourist company, you alone!
Goats... it's official nonsense.

Where is the goat?

 

[ryanacarey]

Even more so I don't understand the so-called "HUNTERS" with official money. Better counter-strike on the computer. They don't understand nature, animals, the principles of hunting. The company organizes everything.
Try to hunt at least something on your own...
Go into the forest alone, night, day. Listen to nature. Intuition. Beware of predators. Live and survive in their world. If you succeed, no one will applaud, because no one knows about it. It will be hard to publish on Facebook, Instagram, etc. And no one cares.

You know that’s a muntjac right? It’s a deer. There’s no goat around

 

[20-250]

Even more so I don't understand the so-called "HUNTERS" with official money.

Are we to assume that you understand 'hunters' with unofficial money, then?
Hunting is conducted on horseback here, old chap. This is a deerstalking site, which you appear to have joined merely to be controversial.
If you want to wrestle a Wolverine, off you go and please don't let the door hit you in the arse on your way out.

 

[NWK]

So many angles of discussion to consider... but a few points ...
-I paid no one and was guided by no one, I am managing a piece of farm land
-I am not gloating but rather sharing with friends who share the same passions and values and can appreciate an impressive deer
-I have never been described as an office boy, although to be called a boy again would feel like a compliment
-This photo was the result of around 16-18 hrs of time in the field over a number of days, which was on my own enjoying nature, the final few seconds was not the only goal ('counter-strike computer game' does not compare with that)

Possibly had my first debate with AI but hey this post was all about firsts!

 

[opticron1]

Congratulations on you first Munjac buck, very nice and one on my things-to-do list!
It's a shame that someone tried to hijack your thread and come in with unhelpful comments, but I guess it takes all sorts.....
Good luck getting a fallow - definitely a bit more of a challenge to extract it!

 

[WalkedUp]

So many angles of discussion to consider... but a few points ...
-I paid no one and was guided by no one, I am managing a piece of farm land
-I am not gloating but rather sharing with friends who share the same passions and values and can appreciate an impressive deer
-I have never been described as an office boy, although to be called a boy again would feel like a compliment
-This photo was the result of around 16-18 hrs of time in the field over a number of days, which was on my own enjoying nature, the final few seconds was not the only goal ('counter-strike computer game' does not compare with that)

Possibly had my first debate with AI but hey this post was all about firsts!

Excellent work, great fieldcraft and good result. I wouldn’t bother replying to the above chest beating. Everyone know a ‘black dog man,’ you mention that you’ve got a black dog… he has a blacker one. You shoot a Reeves’ muntjac in the UK… he shot a wolf in Africa. You shoot a gold medal CWD with 4” tusks…. he has shot a sabre-tooth tiger.

 

[Mike1979]

Nice buck, well done