Another Black Buck ...

[sussex 5,777]

Having had visitors all weekend I never managed to get out , so this evening I was out early ,up in a seat by 5.45 pm on a permission 4 or 5 miles from home , they have just finished cutting the maize & were busy drilling winter wheat in the opposite fields so it has been fairly busy over there , but this hasn't really affected the deer they have still been showing in the afternoons , laying out in the sun & grazing the field edges .Just a few does & fawns wandering in & out the wood this evening , I was just about to up sticks when out trotted this fella ,seems to be a lot of dark /black bucks about at the moment ,one antler busted the 6.5 saved him getting beat up in the rut ,in great condition he tipped the scales at 139lb ....

 

 

[BOLSTER 808]

Nice one. where does the Black come from ? dont know F... all about deers lol

[sussex 5,777]

Bolster , just a colour , they range from pure white through to black .There has been a dominant black buck around for a while & these are his off spring ,

[seprim 32]

Nice one Rich, 139 lb is huge !

thanks for posting

 

Andrew

[hutchey 147]

Good shot by the looks of it too Rich!

[BOLSTER 808]

Bolster , just a colour , they range from pure white through to black .There has been a dominant black buck around for a while & these are his off spring ,

 

 

Ok Sussex, thanks.

[Frechie52 0]

NIce one and great shot. Congratulations!

[farmerkev09 105]

Cracking buck

 

[jf1970 328]

most of the bucks round my area are either black or a very dark brown, i did see a white doe a couple of weeks ago on another permission, which is rare around these parts.

[sussex 5,777]

one of my places the white ones are really common , often see 3 or 4 in a group of a dozen .They really give there mates away in the winter ...

[jf1970 328]

is there anything that causes the white, inbreeding ect, or is it just the variation in colour that fallow have?

[sussex 5,777]

Just a variation in colour , same as the black ones. On the place where the white ones are the farmer didn't want any shot , he liked them , so for six or seven years they were left alone which has obviously helped them .Now their back on the menu any poor ones will be culled.

[beast 1,884]

nice buck, looks superb what i can see from the photo.

 

most of the fallow round here are black, i would reckon about % plus, but you still see whites and menils scattered amongst them.

interestingly the black bucks mostly seem to have poor antlers for some reason, while you can see different coloured bucks in the same herd with a good head. makes me wonder if there is some genetic issue.........

[sussex 5,777]

I think really good heads in wild fallow are a rare thing , but one of the best I ever see was almost black .Sadly my stalking neighbour (when I lived in Essex),,,, thought he looked better hanging on his wall so never had much time to pass on his genes .It would need a good black to muscle in & be dominant for a couple of years to sort the head problem , it may be one of the does pass on the colour gene to a good buck .

[Yokel Matt 918]

Delving into my deep knowledge of fallow... which is a shade more than sod-all, I believe there are four types in the UK - Common, Melanistic (the black ones), Menil and White.

 

I've only ever shot one and it was a Melanistic but a tiddler in comparison to what they can achieve and what Sussex could commonly hang on a hook if it wasn't for his responsible (and sustainable) cull policy.