Thread: Stags & Bucks 2022

Originally Posted by 57jl

sh**t looks like they bite alright vet will be loving you

I had the pleasure of stalking and shooting large numbers of muntjac in Suffolk and Norfolk. They are prolific and great fun to stalk. There is no season for them in UK and they can be called all year round. I shot 5 in an outing four separate times. They are easy to carry, great to eat, and really interesting all round.

As noted above, the bucks have large pointed canines, the back of which is as sharp as a knife, which they stab and pull with and can cause serious damage to the stalker or dogs. My now departed lab, Sam was a machine on deer but I wouldn’t let him near a buck unless certain it was dead. I have spiked myself dragging them more than once. Older bucks generally have considerable damage and often torn ears.

Gee, I miss them and wish we had them in NZ, but they only became wild in the 1950s in England.