Hunting with assumptions...

Lesson re-learned: Check, verify!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGT8OeuRcIU

Looks like Scotland or Yorkshire .

Scotland it is

Where about roughly? I used to stalk a bit near Crieff.

Crieff? That's somewhere around Perth?
I'm just outside Selkirk, southwest towards Eskdalemuir.

I also worked near Coldstream which is east of your place, and Border barrels is south west of where you were,near Newcatsleton.
Yes Crieff is Perthshire .

Friwi

So is this atmospheric causing the difference? Or travelling?

No this was likely a bump during travel. Everything is re-set and found to be ok now. The hunting trip went without further incident as well.

Does the muntjac's distribution include Scotland?

Not sure about that. More England arround Cambridge area at least.
There are some sikas on the north ouest of Scotland .

Thank you, @Friwi.

Not as bad as this clown[emoji1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wypb...e_gdata_player