Thread: My first Hummel?

Got this guy yesterday. Thought it was a hind and was quite surprised to see a pizzle and coloured up belly when I dragged him out of the fern. Dropping down through the scrub there was a clear staggy smell in the air.
Wish I'd taken more notice and better pics at the time....he had 2 very small bumps but definately wasnt a yearling.

Did he have balls?
You do get the odd younger stag at this time of the year with that stage of velvet development. I shot one on Saturday.

Yea they're about. Shot one on private land round here about 8 years ago. Big bodied stag with a couple of 6 inch horns

We shoot a couple a Yr 4yr old stags with no antlers

@Tahr yup he had balls

Is he big enough to be a Hummel? I thought they were larger than normal?

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Is he big enough to be a Hummel? I thought they were larger than normal?

Yeah I'm not sure. Was only a young animal but seemed to have well developed dangly bits with no antler growth that I could see

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

@Tahr yup he had balls

Play with his balls and he might grow a horn


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Originally Posted by buzzman

Play with his balls and he might grow a horn


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Yeah I've heard stories bout what you get up to in the bush....thats why I keep clear of your pozzies

Dictionary definition:

hummel
/ˈhʌm(ə)l/
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SCOTTISH•NORTHERN ENGLISH
adjective
adjective: hummel
(of a cow or stag) lacking horns or antlers.
"highly rated black hummel cattle"
noun
noun: hummel; plural noun: hummels
a stag which has failed to grow antlers, typically as a result of malnutrition when young.

I shot a Red 20 years ago that had no balls, and had just bumps on his head. He was a big bodied animal though.

There was no scarring or anything, just a pizzle sans accoutrements.

Ohhh......not what I though this thread was about....At first glace thought it should be in 'Off Topic'?

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

I shot a Red 20 years ago that had no balls, and had just bumps on his head. He was a big bodied animal though.

There was no scarring or anything, just a pizzle sans accoutrements.

That's what I thought a Hummel was (no antlers or balls), but the dictionary definition (above) seems different.

And this too. https://www.google.com/search?client...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Hmmmm.... face and body size give it away, just a young animal in my humble opinion

I've only ever shot one hummel. Had balls, no sign of antlers and was huge. When I first spotted it my initial thought was that there shouldn't be any horses out here, followed by the realisation that it was a very big-bodied stag without antlers.