Northumbrian Niceties

[low plains drifter 11,575]

Drift with the veterans

Second last pic there is nine Roe in the field, packs of Roe are typically getting bigger, turning into more of a herd species in some areas

 

[Franks dad 3,089]

21 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

Drift with the veterans

Second last pic there is nine Roe in the field, packs of Roe are typically getting bigger, turning into more of a herd species in some areas

 

Safety in numbers you reckon ? 

[low plains drifter 11,575]

8 minutes ago, Franks dad said:

Safety in numbers you reckon ? 

I saw a good Roebuck with a doe, and another two or three Roe in the vicinity, not sure if there's much management of deer in the area, but there's been a shooting syndicate here for a long time, it's a good little estate

[Black neck 18,139]

They always seem to group together at this time of year im told

[jukel123 10,104]

I wonder if there's that many of them that they have learned to share territory?

In my patch, SW Scotland, its no exaggeration to state there's as many Roe as rabbits. Myxie and the virus RDH2? have decimated rabbits  whilst Roe numbers continue to increase. Land is so flat here that a safe shot when stalking is often difficult and they have no natural predators once they are adult .

I love to see them. By far my favourite deer species.

 

[WataWalloper 4,909]

Anybody see the pics darcy put on fb earlier? Roe with twin white fawns, lovely they was 

[low plains drifter 11,575]

1 hour ago, Black neck said:

They always seem to group together at this time of year im told

Did Beddy Dave tell you?

[low plains drifter 11,575]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

I wonder if there's that many of them that they have learned to share territory?

In my patch, SW Scotland, its no exaggeration to state there's as many Roe as rabbits. Myxie and the virus RDH2? have decimated rabbits  whilst Roe numbers continue to increase. Land is so flat here that a safe shot when stalking is often difficult and they have no natural predators once they are adult .

I love to see them. By far my favourite deer species.

 

Deer were the only thing we saw yesterday, even with the terrier pottering about in bits of cover, not a single rabbit, and there used to be some good numbers of rabbits there

[low plains drifter 11,575]

1 hour ago, WataWalloper said:

Anybody see the pics darcy put on fb earlier? Roe with twin white fawns, lovely they was 

Do you know if J D is still writing these days?

[jukel123 10,104]

1 hour ago, WataWalloper said:

Anybody see the pics darcy put on fb earlier? Roe with twin white fawns, lovely they was 

Wow. 

There was a pure white buck in this area. Some clown put a photo on mainstream media and the area became like a driveway for trophy hunters from far and wide.  Rumour has it  that some krauts turned up and got it.

Whoever got it , the buck disappeared within a week of publication.

I remember once ratching where I shouldn't have been and trod on a roe fawn/ kid. I grabbed my lurcher so it didn't grab it, then stepped back and trod on its twin.

Funny enough the dog didn't cotton on they were there. I've read they have very little scent at that age which saves them from predators.

[WataWalloper 4,909]

These where about 90% white with a couple pied patches like normal roe colour, not sure if he took it down again I looked an couldn’t see it, must be playing it close to his chest aj I don’t blame him tbh they were crackers 

[WataWalloper 4,909]

I’ll stick a screenshot up as don’t wanna copy whole pic an steal somebody’s glory hahaha it’s there on the fb page tho for all to see