Although the government strictly prohibits hunting Sambar, one frequently hears about poaching incidents. Rumor has it that there is a "Sambar graveyard" in Nantou's Tanta forest, where once four Sambar skins, 17 lower jaws and 71 leg bones were discovered in a hunting hut of less that 80 square feet!
儘管政府嚴格禁獵，但在台灣，盜獵水鹿的事件仍時有所聞，像是南投丹大林區中，據傳就有一座「水鹿墳場」，有一回，在山區一處不到兩坪大的獵寮裡，竟然藏了 4 張水鹿皮、17 副水鹿下頷及 71 隻鹿腿！