THE RED DEER 
Fine heads also come from Lord Carnarvon’s coverts in the valley of 
the Haddon, where fourteen and fifteen pointers are not rare ; though in this 
locality the heads are somewhat narrow or “ hoop-headed,” as they say 
in the western dialect. 
The deer of Exmoor proper pass regularly down into the woodlands 
of Horner, Culbone, Badgworthy and Bray. There is quite a separate 
herd, where the horns are good, in Sir Arthur Chichester’s Youlston 
coverts. These are cut off from Exmoor by a new line of railway. A fresh 
herd has lately sprung up near Wellington and Tiverton, on the other side 
of the Taunton Vale; but I have seen no antlers from this district. 
Hornless deer, or “ knotts,” are not uncommon in Devon and Somerset. 
The finest example killed of recent years was taken by the hounds 
under the mastership of Mr Sanders in 1905. It is a very perfect fifteen- 
pointer, with the brows and bays curiously far apart, and splendid tops. 
ENGLISH WILD STAGS’ HEADS 
Length. 
Giro. 
Spread 
over all. 
Inside 
span. 
Points. 
Locality. 
Owner. 
Remarks and by whom measured. 
41 
5i 
41 
32i 
5x5 
Exmoor (1912) 
Sir John 
Heathcoat- 
Amory, Bt. 
Known as the “Stoodleigh Stag.” 
Killed in 1897. Brow lines 17 inches. 
Figured in The Mammals of Great 
Britain and Ireland, p. 100. 
(Owner.) 
40 
38 
28 
7x6 
Exmoor 
Sir John 
Heathcoat- 
Amory, Bt. 
(R. W.) 
39 
5i 
— 
28^ 
6x6 
Exmoor 
R. A. Sanders 
(R. W.) 
38i 
5i 
■ — 
3U 
6x6 
Somerset 
Viscount 
Ebrington 
(Owner.) 
m 
5i 
— 
31J 
12 
Quantock 
Hills 
Earl Fortescue 
(R. W.) 
37J 
5 
— 
30i 
7X7 
Exmoor 
C. Nelder 
(R. W.) 
37i 
48 
35i 
6x5 
Exmoor 
Sir J. 
Heathcoat- 
Amory, Bt. 
(R. W.) 
37i 
4i 
36 
31i 
6x5 
Quantock 
Hills 
E. A. V. 
Stanley 
(R. W.) 
37 
5 
39i 
33i 
6X7 
Bembridge 
Wood 
Capt. H. H. 
Amory 
Figured in Records of Big Game, p. 8. 
(R. W.) 
36i 
6 
281 
13 
Exmoor 
Sir A. Aciand 
Hood, Bt. 
Known as the “St. Audries’ Stag.” 
Killed October 25, 1893. Figured in 
The Mammals of Great Britain and 
Ireland, p. 100. (Owner.) 
36i 
51 
30i 
23| 
7x6 
Stoodleigh 
Ian. H. 
Amory 
R. A. Sanders 
(R. W.) 
36 
H 
30i 
24i 
9x7 
Exmoor 
Figured in The Mammals of Great Britain 
and Ireland, p. 100. (Owner.) 
Figured in The Mammals of Great Britain 
and Ireland, p. 100. Killed in 1905 
and generally considered the finest 
example obtained in recent years. 
(Owner.) 
36 
5J 
15 
Exmoor 
R. A. Sanders 
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