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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
So, is there some kind of minimum kinetic energy requirement that a load must meet to be eligible to hunt red deer?
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England and Scotland have different legal systems for some archaic reason, and whenever they can the scots like to change things just a little to make it awkward
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In England:
Muntac and Chinese Water Deer - min cal .220, ME>1000 ft lbs and bullet>50gr
Roe, Sika, Fallow, Red - min cal .240 ME>1700 ft lbs which means bullet?100gr
In Scotland
Roe - bullet>50gr, MV>2450 ft/s, ME> 1000 ft lbs
Red, Fallow, Sika - bullet>100gr, MV>2450 f/s ME>1750 ft lbs
I don't think scotland has and Muntjac or CWD. They are escapees from stately homes in the South East of England and haven't spread that far yet, although the munjac will be working on it.
All very complicated, especially as the Reds in England are generally bigger than those that live on the scottish hills. I took my first last October, only a small one but I'll post a pic if you're interested.