Thread: Houghton Hall - Private Estate.

Congratulations on the bucks mate, I know you've been hanging out to shoot one for a while now!

Certainly a different way of hunting, "Sammys" a cracker! Any other decent Sambar Stags on the estate?

Originally Posted by Raging Bull

Any other decent Sambar Stags on the estate?

Believe it or not but Sammy didn't die from old age, another stag killed him (punctured his lungs). Only a small mob of 16 if I remember but it's still the biggest herd in the western hemisphere.

They are of a different sub species to the Sambar of New Zealand. The deer on the estate of the cervous niger strain (Indian) and grow slightly larger in terms of body size and antlers, whereas, New Zealand's herd is the cervous unicolor which originates from Sri Lanka. I couldn't stop reading all his books on how deer where introduced into New Zealand - very interesting.