Welcome to Realtree Global Hunting. This week I am in the beautiful Hampshire countryside
with my good friend Owen Beardsmore of Cervus UK. Out at the crack of dawn as usual, we
attempt the local hills on foot and take in the beautiful sounds and breathtaking scenery
as the countryside comes to life. We're after Roe buck this morning and with them being
such early risers, we need to be on the ball too.
We scan the stunning landscape for signs of life this beautiful morning, but it doesn't
look like there is much up and about just yet.
We continue on our way through the rolling countryside until we reach a small high seat
at a crossroads. Owen's sure that if we wait here a little while we may see signs of life
because this is a pretty heavy traffic area for deer. After a short wait, we hear something
come through the bushes to our right. There's an injured muntjac wobbling across the track.
It looks in pretty bad shape. Holding it's front leg aloft, the buck is clearly in trouble.
Although it's not the roe buck we're looking for, I know the right thing to do here is
put the deer out of its misery.
A good shot, and it's a quick, clean kill.
It's always sad to see an injured animal struggling and I'm keen to see what the problem was.
Myself and Owen, take a closer look.
That's not you, look how bad his leg is here.
That's somebody else, either a bad shot or a fence. Looks like a bad shot to me.
Yeah. So, looks like somebody else has taken a shot at this bugger, and ripped the bottom
of his leg off there, so. It was hobbling along, we saw him from the tree stand. I just
saw his back bobbing up and down, and as you can see, these are the ones you need to take
out. Injured, there's no antler growth there despite the fact he's got fairly decent sized
tusks on him. So it's a mature, older buck. Obviously been carrying around an injury so
he's a good one to take out.
Looks like he's been getting battered every day by his neighbours.
So it's not what we're here for, but.
Look at how badly cut that is, and how bad that is. He may have been caught in a fence really badly.
Yeah, bloody hell. What a mess.
Yeah, a great one to take out, mate.
I've been hunting with Cervus UK for quite some time now and I know they run a very tight,
professional ship. Every guide that is working for Owen, is passionate and committed to animal
welfare and ethical hunting. Any animal that is shot is always recovered and the details
logged with Owen. So if there is an injured animal, it would be found as quick as possible.
The Muntjac would appear to have been nursing this injury for quite some time and Owen has
not lost an animal yet this year. Being on the edge of his hunting area, we can only
assume that it's been hit on a neighbouring estate and made it's way onto Owen's ground.
There's still ticks feeding on him you know.
Yeah, but on a muntjac you hardly get a tick. That's the worst I've ever seen on a muntjac.
It's because he can't look after himself.
Cervus UK take their management programs very seriously to ensure a strong gene pool and
a healthy deer population. It's very sad to see an injured deer, and we dispatched it
as quickly as possible to prevent further suffering.
To find out more about Cervus UK and book your very own deer stalking adventure of a
lifetime, visit cervus-uk.co.uk.
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