with the weather being so good i decided to take the rifle for a walk for a change
on turning up 1 hedgerow i spotted 6 fallow does
quick set up of the sticks and first doe on the grass, the rest never stopped for a seconed
so a quick gralloch and off back to the motor feeling pretty pleased with my-self
still with plenty of light i drove to another patch
from there i spotted 3 munties, 2 bucks chasing a female
within minutes 2 more shots rang out and 2 more deer to gralloch
both bucks
so a fallow doe and 2 munty bucks ,time to head back to the larder


one munty buck with a half decent head

Wow that's a hell of a good night!

Cheers
i hav had better but also a lot worse
all i need to do now is skin the munties as the fallow is now sold in the jacket
but still a good night out

Richard,

I can see you'll be breaking out the sauage stuffer!

Regards,

Peter

I didn't know the mountjacks until a couple of years ago, but I find them quite ugly and ungraceful, compared to, let's say, a roe deer or a chamois. No offence intended of course and congratulations on your hunt

A good night out!

Will you have the muntie mounted?

Regards,

Amir

Nice one, enjoy skinning the munties.

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Originally posted by Pete E:
Richard,

I can see you'll be breaking out the sauage stuffer!

Regards,

Peter

no chance of that
more burgers i'm afraid
so much easier

Wild boar
i agree
munties have never been known for their good looks but they do make interesting stalking , but i am fascinated by them , thats's another story thou

Amir
shan't hav this muntie mounted i'm afraid, as i am waiting for a good representive head, this is not the biggest i hav ever shot and i hav even passed on record heads as i hav never been into trophys as a rule, but one day i will get one done to join the collection

as for skinning these little beggars, never a job i enjoy especialy as they hav been hanging for a few days in the chiller ...

Skinning muntjacs is a bit of a chore,

I have skinned most hoofed game in Europe and they are by far the toughest.

Best regards Chris

Chris,

Tony, a mate of mine shot a Fallow Buck about 3-4 weeks ago that I had to skin off. The buck was ancient going on prehistoric!!

It took me over an hour to get the jacket off of it. The Doe that we shot the same night was skinnned in 15 minutes.

I've never known a beast that blunted a knife the way that buck did, and he was a bugger to bone out as well....

The Sausages that I picked up on Saturday though are really good!!

FB

Kiri and others,

another beast that is a dirty job to skin is a badger,

not that I expect you´ll to know that but I did have the last two I shot back here skinned and had the hides tanned,

makes for great seating pads and so on, have both away, far to nice a thing for me to have.

Yes age is a great key factor,

as a result of rational while moose hunting we usually winche the hides of, makes for better prices at the hide dealer and less knife work.

Best regards Chris.

Chris, cannot think anything worse than a badger skin to have in the house, smelly old grunters!!!

Do you eat them?

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Originally posted by nightwalker uk:
Chris, cannot think anything worse than a badger skin to have in the house, smelly old grunters!!!

Do you eat them?

I would not eat them, however I have heard that during the war, my grandfather used to have bagder for dinner,

not to bad according to him, I guess it comes down to a bit where and what the have feed from.

Yes they are a bit smelly and messy to skin however it was all done outdoors and the tripple layered plastic wrapping that went on prior to being frozen shure did keep all the smells inside.

As in regards to funky smells, I have had an eye out for a mink that has been stealing eggs/killing ducks at the small grounds that I shoot at, yesterday I managed to have a go at it, sure enough it died, but the smell, really.

I now have to tend to the skin/pelt later on this week

talk about a dirty job.

Best regards Chris