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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

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.

Talking to someone today I do wonder if it was due to using an LED lamp

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 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 )

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 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 )

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.

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 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 )

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.

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.