Deer ID

[Kane]

Could this afternoons visitor be a muntjack?

Deer piccie

 

[jojo]

Looks like a male munjac to me. We had one the other day, a doe we thought, but she did not stay long enough to pose for us. Good picture, Kane :You_Rock_

 

[Hunter_zero]

Could this afternoons visitor be a muntjack?

Deer piccie

Thats a Muntjac buck.

John

 

[JDWilts]

Defo a munt. You might find this handy its a really good site:

www.deer-uk.com

 

[Kane]

Cheers guys - photo is down to the wife - he's been back a couple of times this evening - too dark for more pics though ...

 

[BorderReiver]

Keep a look out for ticks on your family or pets.

 

[Hunter_zero]

Cheers guys - photo is down to the wife - he's been back a couple of times this evening - too dark for more pics though ...

I'd love to have deer visit my garden. I'd put salt licks and maze out for the boy.

John

 

[Kane]

Keep a look out for ticks on your family or pets.

Good point!!!

 

[KAE1]

Keep a look out for ticks on your family or pets.

Nice photo. Good point about ticks - don't want to scare monger but a young lad died of lyme disease on my stalking ground last year - really tragic.
Muntjac bucks can wound dogs if cornered or distressed as they have sharp canines. Great little deer though - enjoy his visits.

 

[Exbomz]

Great little deer though - enjoy his visits.

Is that great, in the sense of tasty?

 

[Kane]

Lol funny my initial response was Ahhhhh followed by wonder what it tastes like

 

[KAE1]

Lol funny my initial response was Ahhhhh followed by wonder what it tastes like

They are good eating but like all deer - depends on age, how the its been handled, butchered, hung etc

 

[BorderReiver]

Lol funny my initial response was Ahhhhh followed by wonder what it tastes like

I think quite a few of us think that way.

 

[KAE1]

I think quite a few of us think that way.

Enjoy his visits - worth much more than the 15lb of venison you'll get from him