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British Deer Heads. 
SEMI-FERAL. 
" Semi-feral " includes park deer running wild and wild deer in a park or 
enclosure. Mr. Pilkington's fifteen-pointer is of unusual interest, as it shows to 
what size a wild-born Scottish head will grow under favourable conditions. The 
whole history of this animal appeared in Country Life, December 14th, 1912. 
In 1907 an eleven-pointer with a promising head was noticed at Sandside. 
Next year he was a royal, and in 1909 was enticed into an enclosure of about 
four hundred acres, where the remnants of a fir plantation afford some shelter. 
Here he was kept with hinds until 1912, when, snowing signs of going back, he 
was turned out on the hill, and in September was killed. His food was exactly 
the same as that of the other deer at Sandside, which are fed in winter. 
No. 144. 
Lent by : Thomas Pilkington, Esq. 
Shot by : Owner. 
Locality : Sandside, Caithness-shire. 
Date : 1912. 
No. of Points : 8 -f 7. 
Length : 40 inches. 
Beam : 5 inches. 
Inside Span : 34I inches. 
Weight : 23 stone 8 pounds. 
Remarks : A most interesting head, showing what 
care and good feeding will do for a wild stag's 
antlers. 
No. 144. 
No. 145. 
Lent by : Charles James Lucas, Esq. 
Shot by : Owner. 
Locality : Wyvis, Ross-shire, and 
Warnham Court, Sussex. 
Date : Killed 1897. 
No. of Points : 6 + 7. 
Length : 37^ inches. 
Beam : 5 inches. 
Inside Span : 29^ inches. 
Outside Spread : 42^ inches. 
Remarks : Came as a calf from Wyvis, and lived 
in the park at Warnham Court all his life. He 
had to be killed as he suddenly turned savage. 
