We are just at the end of the Muntjac season over here.
That is ,if you are after bucks in heard antler. We have no season on the alien species, so we can shoot them all year round.
That’s good, seeing as we have so many of them in the home counties………….( Pete E add, “jammy Buggers.†here.)

So, I took the opportunity to bag up on them, when a friend from Canada, popped over for a little visit.

We had a small window when he was over here to get up to an estate in Bedfordshire that holds good head of Munties.

We set off for an evening stalk , quite late in the day as the deer do not normally move too early. On arriving at the estate, we put the required signs up and drove around to see what was about. As it turned out , the whole wood was alive with deer !

We soon parked up and got stalking !

Moving into a small cops, (just off the main wood), we bumped a deer feeding in the undergrowth. Sure that there were more, we stalked in. I glassed around , to find in the nettles ,looking back at us, at about 50 yards , a face.

Munty buck. Showing white tips. A good beast to be had . Soon put in the bag by my stalker, Khuram. Now at about Sixty yards , of the sticks,. Chest shot.

Pictures taken.


I could now relax. The rest of the evening was just a pleasure. Lots more deer seen. But, (as we had another morning to shoot) and, as the pressure was off , we headed back to our digs for a curry and an early night .


The next morning brought a fantastic scene. Inky darkness gave way to shards of light as we made our way to the high seat . Once Khuram was settled, I sat at the bottom of the stand , to see what would happen.
Little time elapsed before the first deer , (a doe) came into sight.

After a little encouragement , the shot was taken. The shot cracked, and the still air was broken for a moment.

Another deer in the bag.

I could here a buck culling close by. So, the butillo call in my pocket soon came into use .

Squeezing the call with every bark the buck made, soon made me aware that he was heading our way. The direction made me sure he was heading our way. The darking stopped , but I carried on with the butillo.

A head appeared on the edge of the ride. A quick glance up made sure that my stalker was aware of the presence.

The buck moved onto the ride, smelling the air as he approached. One last squeak, stopped him for the shot, which struck home true. Not bad so far.

After the gralloch’s, I elected to stalk the rest of the morning on foot.

We had only made it five or six hundred yards further up an adjoining ride before we can into more deer. This time, due to the new lush spring growth, they had the upper had, as we saw many of them depart with their short brush like tails erect !

We worked our way up the ride at snail pace, hoping the a deer would make a mistake and bridge the ride. Sure enough, at some range, a deer crossed.

I asked my stalker if he was okay to take the shot. He said he was , and gave him the go ahead. I fixed the deer in my Bino’s, and gave a loud bark . It stopped it long enough for me to see that the shot was a good hit. But the deer departed , stage right, after giving all the right signs.

After a bit of search, we found the deer . Cleanly shot heart /lung , and measured at 120 yards.




Fully satisfied at what what had achieved, I called an end to the day. All that was needed was to collect all our beasts.

As we walked back to the car, chatting between ourselves, we noticed yet another deer on the ride in front.

This time, it was a fine buck. Big in body. As my instructions were to take all take able beasts from the estate, I elected to see if he could get on him.

We needed to make one hundred and fifty yards to make it a safe shot, as this would put us beyond a ride that crossed the estate between us.

Most obliging as it was, the buck continued to feed on the ride.
We managed to get within 70 yards before I told khuram to take the hit . This time, only a neck shot presented itself as he beast fed across the ride.

The shot was taken , after a little reassurance that it was okay, and it fell to shot. What a relief !!



Now all expect is the same at Queen Charlotte island when we shoot White tail on there !!!!!!!!!.

Nice report - your beasts are all looking in fine condition.

Waidmannsheil!

Rgds Ian

For an Italian, what to do to hunt one?

God write up, even better pics and last good work on them critters.

Best regards Chris

Nice couple of outings!

The Queen Charlottes are alive with blacktail deer, I'm sure you'll have a blast.

Hi Paul, great write up. some realy nice munty's there. what are the CWD like this time of year?

Waidmannsheil!

Good Shooting and a great Hunt Report w/photos!

IIRC, CWD are not in season at the moment.

Earlier in the year I had the good fortune to have expereinced a Bedfordshire McNab; which consists of a Munjac Buck, a CWD Buck & a Curry!

Great report! Thanks.. Hopefully, I would try for one in a couple of months..

One of the few times I got lucky was my first Muntjac shot in Woodstock (U.K.).




BTW, it made C.I.C. Siver

André great head.

Any good story behind it?

Best regards Chris

Very, very nice indeed.

Also unusual to find an older buck with both teeth intact. Being extensively used for fighting, often one is broken.

Rgds Ian

As I said, this fellow was the 3rd. muntjac I ever laid eyes on and the 1st one I shot at. This happened in Woodstock, near Oxford (UK). We were 3 hunters and there were only 2 stalkers available. Being the most "experienced" (certainly not on muntjac, though) I was sent out stalking alone, after a briefing about the territory layout. Later, while returning to our meeting point, following a large track through the woods and being fully exposed, I noticed from the corner of my eye that I was being watched by a muntjac standing in the woods. I played it cool, didn't turn my head and kept going on at the same pace, that is, until I passed the closest big oaktree. There I stopped and peeked around. At 80 m, silhouetted against the background, I picked out a buck with a seemingly good head. I slowly brought up my rifle and took aim offhand, leaning my left hand against the tree. He was still swivelling his head, looking where I had gone, when I let go a frontal shot. The woods being rather dark, the muzzle flash blinded me for a second and when I recovered my eyesight, I saw the muntjac hightailing in the opposite way. I was dumbfounded ! What had gone wrong, how could I have missed, I remembered clearly the shot breaking when the crosshairs steadied on the chest ?!? Out of pure discipline but without any hope, I forced myself to go and check out the "anschuss". Imagine my surprise and relief when I stumbled upon a very dead and superb muntjac buck ! My firing had disturbed a second deer I hadn't noticed... The 7 mm Sierra 160 BTSP GK bullet from my 7x64 had entered the front of the chest, penetrated lengthwise and was later recovered from the opposing ham. Here's a pic of it, sitting left of another 165 BTSP (.300 Win Mag) recovered from a red stag

7x64, 80 m frontal shot on Muntjac : 181 % expansion and 48 % retained weight

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Now all expect is the same at Queen Charlotte island when we shoot White tail on there !!!!!!!!!.

Excellent report! You will have a lot of fun over here, however, the deer on the QCI's aren't White Tail. They are Black Tail, a dimunitive sub-species of Mule Deer.
Also remember that the Black Bear are rather large and in good number on the Islands as well.

Oh, and you are allowed 15 QCI Black Tail per licence.

Great account Andre, and a fine specimen.

Most people would struggle to believe that a Muntjac would stop a 160gr slug from a 7x64.

I don't doubt your story for a second.

Great report mate

Can't wait for the fallow season to start ....

GH

Brian,
While being rather soft, the Sierra GK still travelled the full length of the animal.