Thread: Deer in Strange Places.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

I am convinced that Sika hinds follow you as you hunt through their territory. If you do anything unexpected like take your jacket of to shed some layers they will squeal. Had this happen two days in a row. They will also sneak past you in full view if you are looking the other way, keeping their eye on you all the time. Turn your head and they are gone.
GPM.

Yep, your right. I had a young sika stag I could not locate and twice I went through a small patch of thick scrub and both times when I got out into the open, he squealed at me. The third time I got almost to the edge, made a heap of noise walking out and backtracked sitting off to the side of where I had walked. The stag knew something was up but couldn't work it out, he was almost crawling keeping low as possible when he appeared 5 meters away. He saw me and froze, soon as I moved he was gone. That bloody cunning bugger was following me and I stalked that area thinking I was on to it, but goes to show he had the better of me.