Roe Rut

[Guttersnipe]

Thought I'd see what people's experience of this year's Roe rut is across the country. I'm out at least once a week mid-July to mid-Aug in the north Penines but this year seems like a particularly slow starter - not seen any chasing yet, limited fraying and only does coming to the call - first week in Aug is usually the peak where i am, but with all this cold wet weather its almost inevitable that its late.

 

Interested to know if its the same everywhere.

 

Cheers, GS

 

 

[shootgun]

Not started down in Surrey yet... Out again Saturday, fingers crossed

[bumpy22]

will be out with the call this weekend and see whats going on. shame the temperatures dropped off but we will see

[FOXHUNTER1]

Shot a buck chasing a doe on Wednesday evening ....weather rubbish now so haven't been out . See what the coming week brings.

[tbox]

shot this fella chasing a doe at the weekend Nr Bicester.

[reggiegun]

shot this fella chasing a doe at the weekend Nr Bicester.

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Nice one

[Guttersnipe]

Lovely Buck Tbox - out this afternoon on some new ground - fingers crossed after the recent cold and wet - Its a half decent day, just a bit windy... but if you waited for no wind then you'd never get out up here! Wait until September and the Wildfowling season, then i'll be praying for it to blow...

[Dunkield]

It's definitely started here, I have seen bucks chasing does for over a week now.

Squeaked one right in on Saturday morning, but as it was in standing crop I just left it, I was more interested in the process than just shooting it.

[tbox]

Thanks for the kind words on the Buck chaps. I have to admit it's about the best buck I have taken in the short couple of years I've been stalking. I was up in the boarders the weekend before and took another buck that was chasing round after a doe.. she was having none of it at that point though and bolted into the woods. fortunately he stuck around for breakfast on the grass and became lunch!

 

Anyway, the rutt definitely seems to be warming up as far as I'm concerned

 

Lovely Buck Tbox - out this afternoon on some new ground - fingers crossed after the recent cold and wet - Its a half decent day, just a bit windy... but if you waited for no wind then you'd never get out up here! Wait until September and the Wildfowling season, then i'll be praying for it to blow...

Thanks and good luck this afternoon!

 

Nice one

Thanks Reggiegun!

[Tony G]

Hopefully the bucks are out and about I've got the stalk I won at the charity clay shoot with Blunderbust next weekend