THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
HEADS OF RED DEER UNDER SEMI-FERAL CONDITIONS 
Length. 
Giro. 
Spread 
overall. 
Inside 
Span. 
Points. 
Locality. 
Owner. 
Remarks and by whom measured. 
42J 
- 
- 
- 
6X6 
Colebrook, 
Ireland 
Sir D. Brooke 
(J. G. M.) 
42 
40 
7X7 
Arran, N.B. 
Duke of 
Hamilton 
Shot by H. Padwick, Sept., 1872. 
Weight 28 St. 6 lb. Length of brow 
point, 22 in. 
41 
6 
— 
23 
19 
Colebrook, 
Ireland 
Sir D. Brooke 
(Sir D. Brooke.) 
40 
5 
43i 
34-1 
15 
Sandside, 
Caithness 
T. Pilkington 
Weight, 23 St. 8 lb. (F. Wallace.) 
40 
— 
29J 
8X8 
Colebrook, 
Ireland 
Sir D. Brooke 
(Sir D. Brooke.) 
39J 
Si 
— 
26| 
7X7 
Colebrook, 
Ireland 
Sir D. Brooke 
The heaviest Colebrook stag, 26 st. 
11 lb. (Sir D. Brooke.) 
37g 
26| 
6X7 
Arran, N.B. 
H.R.H. 
Duke of Coburg 
and SaxeGotha 
37i 
5 
241 
6X5 
Arran, N.B. 
H.R.H. 
DukeofCoburg 
and SaxeGotha 
36^^ 
4f 
24i 
6X6 
Arran, N.B. 
H.R.H. Prince 
Arthur of 
Connaught 
(Owner.) 
36 
5 
42 
6X6 
Castle Wellan 
Earl of 
Annesley 
Measurements below these are too numerous to mention. 
ENGLISH WILD STAGS’ HEADS 
The general appearance and peculiarity of Devon and Somerset stags’ 
heads is far less generally known than those which hail from Scotland. 
In size, weight, and length of horn the heads of these southern British 
Red deer are, on the whole, superior to those of their northern cousins. 
The length of horn of adult stags is usually from 32 in. to 36 in., but one 
extra fine specimen of 41 in. has occurred. 
It is rare to find heads with cupped tops, whilst fourteen pointers are 
not very usual. Where hunting takes place on the Exmoor side, about 
twenty-five stags are killed every year. The best examples are the heads 
which come from the Quantock deer. These range between Halswell, 
the seat of the Tynte family, and St Au dries, the home of the Acland 
Hoods. Their chief stronghold in this part of Somerset lies in the coverts 
belonging to the Hon. Mrs Stanley, where some thousands of acres of 
coppice, heather, and sheltered bottoms afford a harbour for the best deer. 
Next to the Quantock deer come those of Slowley and Dunster, where 
the character of the soil is somewhat similar to that of the Quantocks. 
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