Muntjac stalking in Bedfordshire

[@Retrieverman1]

Very nice video. They aren't musk deer though. Musk deer (Moschidae) are in a different family from the true deer (Cervidae). Muntjac are primitive deer in the Cervinae subfamily (which includes fallow, sika, and red deer), which is why they still have tusks. The Chinese water deer are also primitive deer but in the subfamily Capreolinae (which includes both species of roe deer, white-tailed deer, and moose). Deer are unique in that canine teeth still appear on some of the derived deer in both subfamilies. North American elk/wapiti have canines that are celebrated as "ivory," and every once in a while, a white-tail is killed that has vestigial canines.

[@regsparkes6507]

Great videography and subject matter too. I appreciated seeing these Muntjac up close. I've never seen these little animals before.

[@handle11141]

it is interesting that in the uk there is no public hunting lands, which would be a forest or a jungle. i would kill to come and hunt there without any game wardens either.