new breed of deer in my area

daithi55

where i shoot deer theres an old deer farm 2/3 miles acroos the fields
supposidely the owner just upped sticks a few years back and let everything out the herd he had are supposidely bulgarian reds

anyway the last few evenings ive been out ive noticed a few massive stags as big as heffers around and one or 2 does just as big
ive shot loads of fallows in the area but never anything else
they look a dark baileys colour with a kind of black hair mixed through
the hair also looks long unlike a fallow and the antlers on one were just a long horn about 16 inch and the others were about 20 inch with a few points on them

anyone no what they might be

CJhaughey

Sounds like Red deer to me, with winter coat.
Probably the bulgarians that were left go.

Grizzly 45

Yup they is Reds all right.

CJhaughey

BTW just to clarify , Red and Sika deer females are called Hinds.
Fallow females are Does.

dwighet

CJhaughey wrote: »

BTW just to clarify , Red and Sika deer females are called Hinds.
Fallow females are Does.

I heard the same story last year about the Bulgarian reds ...Saw a pic of a stag that was shot.....Massive animal!!!!

daithi55

dwighet wrote: »

I heard the same story last year about the Bulgarian reds ...Saw a pic of a stag that was shot.....Massive animal!!!!

ya il have to get a few of the lads to give me a hand to get it out or the farmers tractor
there probably more hassle then there worth theres some head on them though

jwshooter

daithi55 wrote: »

ya il have to get a few of the lads to give me a hand to get it out or the farmers tractor
there probably more hassle then there worth theres some head on them though

A stags are out of season now.

daithi55

jwshooter wrote: »

A stags are out of season now.

ya i no im just saying in general the hinds look as big

Half-cocked

I remember the first time I saw one of those big continental Reds at close range over in Germany. It was dark and it was silhouetted against the snow - my first impression was that a moose had escaped from a nearby zoo! A real monster. There I was in a high seat with a Mauser 7x64 and the Red season had ended 3 days previously:( Whine......

jwshooter

if there is only one or two hinds are you going to shoot them out.

Hezz700

It would certainly be a fantastic opportunity to implemment a herd managment plan. With a bit of luck the gene pool would be large enough to sustain a healthy herd.

Double Barrel

From what you say it sound as though they are mature hinds,stags and maybe harts.
I say leave them be to breed and multiply.
Silence is golden.

jwshooter

you can watch them every day ,but only shoot them once.

hunter91

+1 on leaving them to breed would love to see more pure reds in the country closest thing where i live is sika hybrids..

daithi55

hadnt really thought about them breeding and stuff good idea
i just thought oh my god there monsters pity i havent got a good enough camera for taking a couple of pics at distance and stick them up

lets just hope the poachers dont get at them before the end of the season or do those guys do the seasons

jwshooter

daithi55 wrote: »

hadnt really thought about them breeding and stuff good idea
i just thought oh my god there monsters pity i havent got a good enough camera for taking a couple of pics at distance and stick them up

lets just hope the poachers dont get at them before the end of the season or do those guys do the seasons

thanks 55 for not drawing a map to them ,like so many others on this forum .

enjoy your deer . post a pic some time.