Muntjac bravery

camo · #1 (**permalink**) 25-03-2009, 09:45 AM

Hi

I live in a village surounded by intensive arable farming and we have a large head of Muntjac, however it is very difficult to get close to them. Locally Muntjac are generally nervous and very alert. When I visit nature reserves with lots of people the Muntjac when present tend to be very confident and they seem to learn very quickly that in those places people are not a threat. Minsmere for example is a reserve where you can get very close to a Muntjac without any alarm. Yesterday at a neighbouring county reserve this Muntjac was very obliging and only when I really pushed my luck did it move quietly away.

Roy

diggleken · #2 (**permalink**) 25-03-2009, 10:15 AM

Thats a lovely shot Roy of as you say, a normally sensitive and nervous little deer.
My views of them have never been that close!:

Nice.
Ken

ellen h · #3 (**permalink**) 25-03-2009, 08:12 PM

Wow,great shot there Roy.Have only ever seen the heels of one as it ran away

ellen

Badger Watching Man · #4 (**permalink**) 26-03-2009, 09:37 PM

Excellent photo!

I see loads of muntjac, but they're absolute devils to photograph. Like you say, they are normally very twitchy.

Mind you, they don't seem too bothered by cars. Take a drive around here in the evening and there's always one or two standing by the side of the road. If you stop the car though, they're off like a shot!