Slots of Roe

[low plains drifter 10,331]

You know?

 

[low plains drifter 10,331]

I counted nine, could have been more in the field with the three standing, they were lying along the side of the strip wood guts laden with autumnal greens had some kites on them, thought the wood pigeon was injured, but was just cutting about and flew away in fine fettle, wish I had a decent camera it was atmospheric, I like atmospheric

[mC HULL 12,237]

get them in the freezer you know? lol

[bird 9,867]

1 minute ago, mC HULL said:

get them in the freezer you know? lol

Looks nice lamping ground, good agile dog soon have  one over deff  there not as fast as people think , fallow Buck can  shift.

[low plains drifter 10,331]

7 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

get them in the freezer you know? lol

I've already cooked them in ale with big suet dumplings, you wanna see the kite on me Mandingo

[mC HULL 12,237]

2 minutes ago, bird said:

Looks nice lamping ground, good agile dog soon have  one over deff  there not as fast as people think , fallow Buck can  shift.

i’d say roe are about the quickest mate would you

[low plains drifter 10,331]

3 minutes ago, bird said:

Looks nice lamping ground, good agile dog soon have  one over deff  there not as fast as people think , fallow Buck can  shift.

There's been a few knocked over on the main drag, grey squirrels as well, I could push 3XL if I wasn't so active

[steve t 929]

7 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

i’d say roe are about the quickest mate would you

Are roe quicker than fallow?

[low plains drifter 10,331]

9 minutes ago, stresser said:

I saw 14 the other day in one field catching the train to work, very pleasing animal on the eye.

They're becoming more like a herd species and have been for a few year now

[jok 3,211]

Someone has to say it. 14 roe catching the train to work ? Very intelligent animals. Jok.

[WILF 46,641]

27 minutes ago, steve t said:

Are roe quicker than fallow?

I don’t think anyone could make that call, they can both move like f**k with a dog behind them.

jmho

[dogmad riley 1,343]

28 minutes ago, steve t said:

Are roe quicker than fallow?

Big open land them roe are good running. Small tight fields easy to panic them into a mistake. 

I'd say roe are faster but them fallow bucks can shift 

 

[WILF 46,641]

Too many variables imho, depends on topography, situation etc.

As in, see them come out of a block of woodland into open ground and then double in behind and come at them from the block of woodland……I’ve seen munty just stand and wait to get killed in that situation, I can only assume because the only cover was where the danger was approaching from.

Seen Roe stand and watch a dog run up a beam almost as if trying to work out what it was and by the time they knew they were in trouble dog was in them.

Seen daytime fallow take dogs on an absolute steeplechase including across big open ground, through gateways and hedges and never look like tiring once. 
 

Also seen all the above take off at the slightest hint of danger like rockets, and seen them make all sorts of mistakes as well.

Personally speaking I’ve seen fast deer and deer that make mistakes….I never seen any slow ones ! Lol 

I’m sure more experienced people may know better. 

[WILF 46,641]

4 minutes ago, stresser said:

Yeah, a decent dog should be taking roe without much bother, disrespectful to leave them to rot though, if you can't bother to harvest them don't bother running them.

“Without much bother…..” lol 

[tatsblisters 9,473]

Seen 3 roe yesterday on a reclaimed pit spoil heap that looked like the doe with two of this year's fawns that were a decent size. I always found the roe could shift a bit faster when the ground was firm.