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Got this guy yesterday. Thought it was a hind and was quite surprised to see a pizzle and coloured up belly when I dragged him out of the fern. Dropping down through the scrub there was a clear staggy smell in the air.
Wish I'd taken more notice and better pics at the time....he had 2 very small bumps but definately wasnt a yearling.
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Did he have balls?
You do get the odd younger stag at this time of the year with that stage of velvet development. I shot one on Saturday.Attachment 179986
Yea they're about. Shot one on private land round here about 8 years ago. Big bodied stag with a couple of 6 inch horns
We shoot a couple a Yr 4yr old stags with no antlers
@Tahr yup he had balls
Is he big enough to be a Hummel? I thought they were larger than normal?
Yeah I'm not sure. Was only a young animal but seemed to have well developed dangly bits with no antler growth that I could seeQuote:
Originally Posted by Nathan F
Play with his balls and he might grow a horn[emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by wsm junkie
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Yeah I've heard stories bout what you get up to in the bush....thats why I keep clear of your pozzies:DQuote:
Originally Posted by buzzman
Dictionary definition:
hummel
/ˈhʌm(ə)l/
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SCOTTISH•NORTHERN ENGLISH
adjective
adjective: hummel
(of a cow or stag) lacking horns or antlers.
"highly rated black hummel cattle"
noun
noun: hummel; plural noun: hummels
a stag which has failed to grow antlers, typically as a result of malnutrition when young.
I shot a Red 20 years ago that had no balls, and had just bumps on his head. He was a big bodied animal though.
There was no scarring or anything, just a pizzle sans accoutrements.
Ohhh......not what I though this thread was about....At first glace thought it should be in 'Off Topic'?
That's what I thought a Hummel was (no antlers or balls), but the dictionary definition (above) seems different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ross Nolan
And this too. https://www.google.com/search?client...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Hmmmm.... face and body size give it away, just a young animal in my humble opinion
I've only ever shot one hummel. Had balls, no sign of antlers and was huge. When I first spotted it my initial thought was that there shouldn't be any horses out here, followed by the realisation that it was a very big-bodied stag without antlers.
I always thought a Hummel was a ladyboy/hermafradite ..spelt wrong but you know what I mean...has both bits.
uncle shot roaring red..it had one of everything...
we had cow who would roar like a bull and rode all the other cows,never got in calf....assume she had male genes and possibly a tucked up ball.
Ive seen sheep with vagina in centre of belly instead of a pizzle....
your deer will be good eating whatever gender it considered itself.
We shot a fallow Doe the other week when gutting it discovered it had a pizzle to
A lot of hummels in the Marlborough sounds and shot one 25 years ago on D’Urville island.
Ive seen one a few years ago in the roar. Didnt shoot it because i first thought it was a massive hind following two other hinds.
That was up the Hope saddle in the bush there. That deer thou looks young in the picture so not sure if thats one or not
That is last years fawn, just starting to grow his spikes. Will be a year old in late Nov. Superb eating and an easy carry
I thought the same. the head and face look like its a juvenile.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
My immediate thoughts as well, looked very juvenile & short in the skull lengthQuote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
They get that strong pizzled up smell over winter, even hinds & yearlings, because they piss on themselves while bedded down to Save using energy to stand up when food is scarce.
Cheers guys.
Guess I was thrown by the bigger size than the normal yearlings I get from this area combined with the well developed ball sack.
Better pics and a bit more time looking it over may have helped but at the time I was just focused on boning it out and getting out before it pissed down
A game camera photo I got of a suspected hummel last year. Definitely not a young animal.
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