muntjac

[Guest FTBBTH]

gibbo i bet a few of the keepers round here have seen/shot them, i know one who has seen and shot them up on kilton but that was years ago probably before i was born

[j1985 1,984]

Where I walk my dogs daily which is a few mins from my house I can pretty much guarantee I'll see at least one, Iv seen several in the space of a few hours before...the terriers help. Iv been almost studying them for the past 2-3 years and have got to know their habits very well, clever, secretive, strange little things I think...Theyre like a f*****g ninja in the woods if you've seen them you'll know what I mean, they can vanish in the blink of an eye and can hit some serious speed too.

Anyone who says their dog catches/caught them in woods regularly I'd have trouble believing them...out in the open is a very different story though.

Edited May 2, 2012 by j1985

[Guest FTBBTH]

the one i seen came up off a cliff across a field and into woods, my terrier flushed it, im the same it would take a fast dog which knows the woods to catch one, that one i seen flew up the cliffe effortlessly and off in the woods at some speed

[BLACKWATER... 157]

the general idea is get between te woods and there feeding area and with agood dog ule pull a few , grand little beasts

[killing crew 2,708]

ive seen one near darlington way

[Ferretryan 74]

Where I walk my dogs daily which is a few mins from my house I can pretty much guarantee I'll see at least one, Iv seen several in the space of a few hours before...the terriers help. Iv been almost studying them for the past 2-3 years and have got to know their habits very well, clever, secretive, strange little things I think...Theyre like a f*****g ninja in the woods if you've seen them you'll know what I mean, they can vanish in the blink of an eye and can hit some serious speed too.

Anyone who says their dog catches/caught them in woods regularly I'd have trouble believing them...out in the open is a very different story though.

Same hear mate where I live there's loads It's hard to get them in the open and there hard running them in the woods that's there domain it takes a very good dog and once in the woods they don't really break cover very good quarry. There always carrying young aswell.

[paulus 26]

Where I walk my dogs daily which is a few mins from my house I can pretty much guarantee I'll see at least one, Iv seen several in the space of a few hours before...the terriers help. Iv been almost studying them for the past 2-3 years and have got to know their habits very well, clever, secretive, strange little things I think...Theyre like a f*****g ninja in the woods if you've seen them you'll know what I mean, they can vanish in the blink of an eye and can hit some serious speed too.

Anyone who says their dog catches/caught them in woods regularly I'd have trouble believing them...out in the open is a very different story though.

Same hear mate where I live there's loads It's hard to get them in the open and there hard running them in the woods that's there domain it takes a very good dog and once in the woods they don't really break cover very good quarry. There always carrying young aswell.

there were ways when it was legal ,2 dogs were a must and at least one must have been fearless in cover, you could tell the type they normally had inverted v`s on the ends of there ears

[paulus 26]

the general idea is get between te woods and there feeding area and with agood dog ule pull a few , grand little beasts

if they hit the woods they will not shift, not even for a pack of hounds, they will use every bit of cover going to and from the woods but not the open ground.the key to seeing muntjac, is to understand there habbits, if you understand where there going, you will know where to see them

[Westy76 546]

Interesting read

[GrCh 856]

one was killed on the parkway in sheffield not so long back.

[doga 50]

there bloody everywhere of late,no close season because they breed all year round.

["Earth!" 503]

there bloody everywhere of late,no close season because they breed all year round.

theyre are hundreds of the bloody things here. nothing but tasty vermin.

[Born Hunter 17,763]

Really tastey little critters! Fry the loins in oil medium rare like a steak and serve with mash or thick buttered bread, simple but one of the best wild meats ever to touch my tongue!

 

Just wish there were more around me..... and of course that we could legally hunt them with lurchers/terriers.....

[Ideation 8,216]

Best way to tell if they are about is to use your ears, not your eyes.

 

Also it's advised you kill either bucks, pregnant does, or juvenile does, as unpregnant does of breeding age, will nearly always have a follower hidden somewhere close, as they breed all year.

[Born Hunter 17,763]

Best way to tell if they are about is to use your ears, not your eyes.

 

Also it's advised you kill either bucks, pregnant does, or juvenile does, as unpregnant does of breeding age, will nearly always have a follower hidden somewhere close, as they breed all year.

 

Do they really breed all year round though? Or at least is it common? Or is this just another 'fact' that keeps getting passed around. How many people have killed milky muntjack does in Nov/Dec/Jan? Shot or pre 2005 of course.

 

It's a question I was pondering the other day when watching a doe with a fawn the size of a leveret, I'm genuinely curious as to the answer....