Chr15j Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 We have a large garden (about 2-3 acres) and we have a pair of munties destroying our hedges etc. Any advice on this? Dont really want to kill them but something needs to be done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) They won't be a pair for long, sexual maturity at seven months and a gestation period of the same means rapid expansion. Your pretty much in Munty overrun territory. You could fence them out,but make sure its a good fence because they can get through badger gates. As what to plant against them have alook at our website at www.HDMS.org.uk best thing is to shoot them really, the numbers need to be reduced as they are becoming a bit of a pain for the gardener. Edited June 5, 2012 by Redgum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Electric fence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 We could do with a few in cheshire and please dont tell me we have some when we have been foxing at night my pvs has scoured the fields looking for any deer on the cheshire plain i know there are red red at macc and red at delamare and possibly even a muntie or two but they are as rare as rocking horse dropping around us Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereside Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 they are good eating once you have tried it you wont look back,atb wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chr15j Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Tbh I'm prob a bit ********, I'm not keen on shooting them (at the moment), wife def not keen on me shooting them Can't fence them, just not practical/possible due to garden layout Maybe they will 'disappear' one day Bearing in mind I only have a .22 rimmie where do I stand shooting them? They are pretty tame so I can get in clean kill range from a headshot but practically and legally do I need something bigger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Can't fence it....... Really? Or can't be bothered..... Unless you have muntjac on the conditions for your .22 it won't be legal...... Perhaps you could scare them away with a loud noise.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 You need a friend with a deer legal calibre who has an open ticket and a safe shot position on your land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Can't fence it....... Really? Or can't be bothered..... Unless you have muntjac on the conditions for your .22 it won't be legal...... Perhaps you could scare them away with a loud noise.... The loud noise of somebody else's .243 whilst the wife is away for the weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chr15j Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 You offering? How are the wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 my advise is "give yds on here a pm and ask him",,he certainly knows what hes doing when it comes to deer,,best of luck with your decision :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chr15j Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Can't fence it....... Really? Or can't be bothered..... Unless you have muntjac on the conditions for your .22 it won't be legal...... Perhaps you could scare them away with a loud noise.... Can't fence, bordered by water, fencing to the water is impractical, then we have a long ha-ha which is impractical to fence again and short of hiring a job to dig it out even deeper not much can be done. My ticket is open and I can obviously grant myself permission to shoot what I like on my land. For FAC gticket I thnk it just says any legal quarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Can't fence, bordered by water, fencing to the water is impractical, then we have a long ha-ha which is impractical to fence again and short of hiring a job to dig it out even deeper not much can be done. My ticket is open and I can obviously grant myself permission to shoot what I like on my land. For FAC gticket I thnk it just says any legal quarry Sorry Chris, The minimum calibre for muntjac is .220. Car doing great thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houlsby Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 check before you scream im wrong.. but im sure iv read you can use a shotgun? http://www.bds.org.uk/deer_and_shotguns.html (i know it says agricultural but along these lines..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) check before you scream im wrong.. but im sure iv read you can use a shotgun? http://www.bds.org.uk/deer_and_shotguns.html (i know it says agricultural but along these lines..) You can, but only under certain circumstances. I don't think that can be applied here so that's why I didn't mention it. Edited June 6, 2012 by huffhuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 difficult one short of using the services of a person with a deer legal rifle. have you tried Silent roar (lion dung) and similar? these creatures live by smell or a mental terrier to harass but stay away from thier attacks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 simply you need someone with a deer legal rifle to shoot them or fence it. Fencing need not be as difficult as you think as you could electrify it standard sheep height fencing will keep munties out. The only issue with shooting is it would be highly unusual anywhere round here if shooting 2 stopped the problem it will just re occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 There are never just two. Get rid of those and others will take their place. The only permanent solution is to erect an electric fence round your patch. This can be done with either "plastic" wire and stakes or wire and wooden stakes, which would be the way I would go. This linked to a mains energiser will sort your problem once and for all. There is no landscape that an electric fence can't be made to fit and work on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 There are never just two. Get rid of those and others will take their place. The only permanent solution is to erect an electric fence round your patch. This can be done with either "plastic" wire and stakes or wire and wooden stakes, which would be the way I would go. This linked to a mains energiser will sort your problem once and for all. There is no landscape that an electric fence can't be made to fit and work on. indeed the HaHa and the water is no issue for the fencing, it may look a little unsightly at first but you will soon get used to it. If you are bordered by water on one side assuming they aren't swimming over then there is only the haha to fence, if they aren't jumping it could you not fence in the trench? What borders the land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 A garden I work in has put up PIR radios that come on when something trips them. It's worked a treat for the badgers and the deer for six months or more now. If they were going to get used to them I'd have thought they would have by now? Every time they trip it the noise is different (whatever's on the radio at the time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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