THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
BRITISH FALLOW DEER 
Length. 
Circ. of 
Beam. 
Tip to 
Tip. 
Widest 
Span. 
Width 
of Palm. 
Points. 
Locality. 
Owner. 
Remarks. 
31 
5 
_ 
_ 
7 
30 
England 
Sir Victor Brooke 
(J. G. M.) 
31 
18 
29 
Si 
22 
Woburn 
Duke of Bedford 
(J. G. M.) 
30 
23i 
26i 
4i 
10x9 
Drummond Castle 
J. G. Millais 
(J. G. M.) 
30 
22 
37 
7 
16X10 
M M 
Earl of Ancaster 
(J. G. M.) 
30 
— 
37i 
— 
— 
Haddon Hall, Yorks 
Duke of Rutland 
(Capt. Walker.) 
30 
4 
19i 
— 
11X11 
— 
Douglas M’Donall 
(R. W.) 
29J 
5 
17 
28i 
7i 
14X13 
Petworth, Sussex 
J. G. Millais 
Weight of skull, 
8 lb. 1 oz. 
29i 
— 
— 
8 
14X11 
Woburn 
Duke of Bedford 
(R. W.) 
28i 
4 
15i 
23 
Si 
9x8 
Essex 
E. H. Wilson 
(R. W.) 
28i 
18 
24i 
4 
8x6 
New Forest 
E. Festus Kelly 
(R. W.) 
28J 
4 
14i 
26 
6 
10X11 
Woburn 
Duke of Bedford 
(R. W.) 
28J 
4 
34 
6 
19 
Colebrooke 
Sir Victor Brooke 
(J. G. M.) 
27J 
4i 
14 
3U 
6i 
1SX20 
Petworth, Sussex 
J. G. Millais 
Unusually large 
number of points. 
The Petworth Fallow deer are the finest I have seen in England. Those 
which are wild in the New Forest carry heads of twelve to twenty points, 
with very bifurcated palms, some, indeed, almost resembling Red deers* 
heads. The small black race of Epping are much deteriorated, the palms 
seldom exceeding two and a half inches. The Fallow deer of Drummond 
Castle, in Scotland, are a fine race, bearing good heads, often with a 
remarkable spread. The wild race of the Dunkeld district have short 
heads, which are often very rugged and massive. I have seen two heads 
in which “ bay ” tines were developed just above the brows, but such 
heads must be considered extremely rare. 
The height of a Fallow deer at the withers is about thirty-seven inches; 
the length from the nose to the end of the tail sixty -eight inches. 
The following, sent me by the owners, are the weights of the heaviest 
British bucks (clean), of which I have any record; 
Colebrooke, Ireland, 15 st. 3 lb.; Drummond Castle, Scotland, 15 st.; 
Dalkeith Park, Scotland, 17 st.; Drumlaurig, Scotland, 18 st.; Petworth, 
Sussex, 16 st.; Surrenden, Kent, 218 lb. and 222 lb. (W. Winans). 
FALLOW DEER SHOOTING 
With the help of modern weapons, sport with Fallow deer in a park 
is not of a very high order; but in the old days with horse, hound, and 
crossbow, it must have been most attractive. During the sixteenth century 
in a measure it replaced stag hunting in the open forests. Thus we learn 
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