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Before everyone goes WAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I was not out lamping Muntjac because it is not lawful plus I do not shoot the things very often. If I do see them under the lamp I just ignore them, same goes for Hares and other stuff.

Last night I was coming home from a good walk with one of the Labs and had to resort to a cap lamp for the last half mile or so. I spotted a movement in the undergrowth by the path and looked and there maybe a couple of yards away were a pair of reflected vivid blue eyes. I am 99% sure it was a Muntjac kid however the eyes threw me. Has anyone spotted a young Muntjac under the lamp and if so can you remember the reflected eye colour?
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Would they always be the same colour? Dogs have different colour eye reflections after all i've seen green, blue, red, yellow and every shade in between
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An Asian barking muntjac has weird blue eyes, there was a zoo in the Chilterns had some, strange even in daylight. Friendly little things if raised in captivity.
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Talking to someone today I do wonder if it was due to using an LED lamp
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shugie wrote:An Asian barking muntjac has weird blue eyes, there was a zoo in the Chilterns had some, strange even in daylight. Friendly little things if raised in captivity.
and evil little buggers if cornered :p lots around here, must admit have never noticed the eyes in the dark, although we have a couple that stick their heads into the hedge as you drive past them ( not realising that their arses are hanging out in the road in plain view shakeshout )
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kennyc wrote:
shugie wrote:An Asian barking muntjac has weird blue eyes, there was a zoo in the Chilterns had some, strange even in daylight. Friendly little things if raised in captivity.
and evil little buggers if cornered :p lots around here, must admit have never noticed the eyes in the dark, although we have a couple that stick their heads into the hedge as you drive past them ( not realising that their arses are hanging out in the road in plain view shakeshout )
I've seen them in our garden occasionally, they can fit through the holes the badgers have battered in our fences. I shall avoid trying to corner one.
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shugie wrote:
kennyc wrote:
shugie wrote:An Asian barking muntjac has weird blue eyes, there was a zoo in the Chilterns had some, strange even in daylight. Friendly little things if raised in captivity.
and evil little buggers if cornered :p lots around here, must admit have never noticed the eyes in the dark, although we have a couple that stick their heads into the hedge as you drive past them ( not realising that their arses are hanging out in the road in plain view shakeshout )
I've seen them in our garden occasionally, they can fit through the holes the badgers have battered in our fences. I shall avoid trying to corner one.
spikes in every direction! I have seen dogs with very nasty scars from dancing with munties !
I have also seen the little buggers step behind a garden plant and disappear! amazing combination of small size, natural camoflage and sneakiness, no wonder they are so succesful.
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The Wolds have a fair few yet they are not that commons to spot by day. We watched one for 45 minutes as it stood about 90 yards away with it's head in a hedge, I blinked and it disappeared only to appear maybe 10 yards further up.
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