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I have been told by the land owner that he has spotted a couple of muntjac on the land, I've never seen any up here but he's sure he's seen them, how do I go about finding this elusive animal? I'm guessing an early morning walk around, but do I concentrate on the hedgerows or the wood sides?

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Leicestershire is crawling with the tasty little divils !! A trail cam is handy but their slot marks are so distinctive as a give away and they do tend to use the same routes between cover, so you should find a well used track alongside a hedgerow or through a gap in the wood side. They love brambles to lay in for security. Stalk the same as any other deer really. If you want to find out if they are about in the wood, then buy a Buttelo deer caller and give that a few squeeks. Drives 'em mad and they will start barking and parading about, often crossing a ride and standing for a few seconds. They rarely stand still, even when feeding and a pheasant feeder or a salt lick can get them to give you a safe shot. Superb eating. Back straps cut into thick steaks and flattened a bit then flash fried till just pink in a skillet with some butter and crushed garlic.

 

PS if you have access to some apples and your wood/s have a ride, then put a few apples down. They love them as well.

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Most things covered in above posts, listen to em barking in the evening or morning, slot marks and browsing best indications of numbers. When they are thin on the ground they can be very testing, I worked out that on one farm I shoot on it was taking around 30 hrs per Munty in the highseat, they can be very illusive yet on a big pheasant shoot in Bucks that I do some culling on its not uncommon for four of us to shoot over 20 in a day. Often you will spend hours freezing your crown jewels off in the highseat and see nothing just to find one staring at you when you unload and get to the bottom rung. :yahoo:

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