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The Muckle Hart of Benmore[a] was the name given to a red deer stag that was stalked (hunted) by the 19th-century naturalist and hunter Charles William George St John.[1] In his book Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands, he described the continuous hunt of the stag for six days and five nights, culminating in its dramatic demise on 1 October 1833.[2] St John's account of the stalk was widely republished, and the deer has been described as "the most famous red stag to be recorded in the annals of British sport".[3]
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- ^ Watkins, M.G. (2004) 'St John, Charles George William (1809–1856)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; online edn, accessed 11 May 2020.
- ^ St John, Charles (1846). "The Muckle Hart of Benmore". Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands. London: John Murray. pp. 203–213.
- ^ Edwards & Wallace 1927, p. vi