Muntjac calling

[texas]

Could anyone tell me the best time of year is most productive for calling muntjac please.

I have been out and waited patently on known areas of my permission for muntjac, both in the early morning and just before dusk. I have only had one successful evening.and that was early spring time.

[chipper]

From personal experience, the buttollo works all year round, depends if there is a munty in the area. Used it all hours of the day with varying degrees of success, but tend to see more during early evening (on the ground where i shoot anyway).

[texas]

Cheers for the help, will pay more attention to early evening stalks.

[al4x]

Because they mate all year round as above should work all year

[old man]

IMO, a bit subjective this, how can you work out whether the Munty came to the call or just wandered in on it's ramblings?

 

Have seen Roe reacting positively to a call but personally not sure about Munty?

[Dunkield]

Some (Stealth Stalker for example) swear you can call them.

The one and only time I tried this in anger a massive buck appeared from the adjacent wood, but of course he may have just appeared anyway?

I played with once whilst watching one through my scope, just outside my boundary, and if anything it frightened it off.

[malkiserow]

I've tried but not 100% sure it makes any difference.

[mister 1216]

Please be careful if culling does. The bulk of muntjac are born in the warmer months. This is born out by the lack of fawns seen or picked up by gundogs in the winter. If you call does in when they have young at foot,it is often a response to a fawns distress call. It is then very eary to leave an orphan.

[old man]

Please be careful if culling does. The bulk of muntjac are born in the warmer months. This is born out by the lack of fawns seen or picked up by gundogs in the winter. If you call does in when they have young at foot,it is often a response to a fawns distress call. It is then very eary to leave an orphan.

Not sure that the number picked up by gundogs is a sound method to rely on?

 

This may be useful?

http://www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk/uploads/guides/167.pdf

 

How would you know the target call for Does or Bucks?

[6.5x55SE]

Please be careful if culling does. The bulk of muntjac are born in the warmer months. This is born out by the lack of fawns seen or picked up by gundogs in the winter.

 

What a complete load of " Utter BULL POOP "

you are obviously NOT a Experienced Deer Stalker in fact by making statements as above you are not a Deer Stalker at all

[colin lad]

i have only been successful with the Buttollo twice and both times it was a fox i called in

 

colin