Aggressive roe doe

[Rhodesianjess]

Spoke to the boss this morning. He's a bit shaken up after his encounter with a roe doe yesterday.
Walking his two dogs,springers, just inside a bit of woodland on the estate, one at heel and one bumbling about in front.
Dog in front comes running back with tail between his legs,hotly pursued by a roe doe. She stopped upon seeing the boss, then started growling at him with both forelegs stamping. He shouted at her ,she then advanced on him meaning business.
He swished his thumbstick at her but she started circling him and the dogs, keeping up the growling. She was then joined by a 6 pointer buck, that really worried him,the thought of being butted by the buck.
Both continued to circle him, keeping the growling up. He withdrew the way he'd come and they let him go on his way once he was outside the wood.
Guess he got too close to her kids, she's only being a good mum.
I managed to keep a straight face when he was telling me, honestly!

 

[Tim.243]

Spoke to the boss this morning. He's a bit shaken up after his encounter with a roe doe yesterday.
Walking his two dogs,springers, just inside a bit of woodland on the estate, one at heel and one bumbling about in front.
Dog in front comes running back with tail between his legs,hotly pursued by a roe doe. She stopped upon seeing the boss, then started growling at him with both forelegs stamping. He shouted at her ,she then advanced on him meaning business.
He swished his thumbstick at her but she started circling him and the dogs, keeping up the growling. She was then joined by a 6 pointer buck, that really worried him,the thought of being butted by the buck.
Both continued to circle him, keeping the growling up. He withdrew the way he'd come and they let him go on his way once he was outside the wood.
Guess he got too close to her kids, she's only being a good mum.
I managed to keep a straight face when he was telling me, honestly!

Go in a field with cows and new calf's except they are miles bigger.

 

[Rhodesianjess]

Go in a field with cows and new calf's except they are miles bigger.

You think he'd know what to do,we have a dairy farm tenant on the estate, complete with suckler herd

 

[shakey jake]

Spoke to the boss this morning. He's a bit shaken up after his encounter with a roe doe yesterday.
Walking his two dogs,springers, just inside a bit of woodland on the estate, one at heel and one bumbling about in front.
Dog in front comes running back with tail between his legs,hotly pursued by a roe doe. She stopped upon seeing the boss, then started growling at him with both forelegs stamping. He shouted at her ,she then advanced on him meaning business.
He swished his thumbstick at her but she started circling him and the dogs, keeping up the growling. She was then joined by a 6 pointer buck, that really worried him,the thought of being butted by the buck.
Both continued to circle him, keeping the growling up. He withdrew the way he'd come and they let him go on his way once he was outside the wood.
Guess he got too close to her kids, she's only being a good mum.
I managed to keep a straight face when he was telling me, honestly!

Guess you wont struggle to presuade him you should cull more roe this winter

 

[Rhodesianjess]

Guess you wont struggle to presuade him you should cull more roe this winter

To be honest, I don't cull enough really. Time better spent on fallow, farmers always moan about them. Give the roe a fair trim up but not like I do with the fallow.

 

[Smellydog]

Spoke to the boss this morning. He's a bit shaken up after his encounter with a roe doe yesterday.
Walking his two dogs,springers, just inside a bit of woodland on the estate, one at heel and one bumbling about in front.
Dog in front comes running back with tail between his legs,hotly pursued by a roe doe. She stopped upon seeing the boss, then started growling at him with both forelegs stamping. He shouted at her ,she then advanced on him meaning business.
He swished his thumbstick at her but she started circling him and the dogs, keeping up the growling. She was then joined by a 6 pointer buck, that really worried him,the thought of being butted by the buck.
Both continued to circle him, keeping the growling up. He withdrew the way he'd come and they let him go on his way once he was outside the wood.
Guess he got too close to her kids, she's only being a good mum.
I managed to keep a straight face when he was telling me, honestly!

Had a doe do similar a few years ago. It was brilliant. She chased my dog away and my dog chased her back past me again. I went to touch her back the second pass but missed.

 

[Mr. Gain]

The spring before last, I watched a roe doe give a fox a proper stomping. I didn't see the fox again, so either it kept well clear after that or succumbed to internal wounds. I'd previously seen a (the?) fox stalking her twins. On this occasion, she was down to one kid, so perhaps the fox had managed to take the other and what I witnessed was a collision between lipsmacking overconfidence and bitter revenge.

 

[Mike1979]

Interesting ... apart from being dive bombed by a buzzard and a black kite I havent had any aggressive wildlife encounters ... fortunately

My mum had an angry pheasant in her garden that regularly attacked her ... i said I would soon sort it but as a tree hugger she didnt want it hurt ... one of the cats killed it instead

 

[Keith Edmunds]

All my dogs apart from my rock steadiest are on leads this time of year - too much young of everything around.

 

[B&W FOX]

I was charged by a badger when out night shooting.... surprised how heavy they are

 

[bumpy22]

Interesting ... apart from being dive bombed by a buzzard and a black kite I havent had any aggressive wildlife encounters ... fortunately

 

[Mike1979]

There is a fine line between "Interesting" and "Illegal"....lets leave it there

 

[Mike1979]

Here's a story of how rude and unprofessional a "friend" can be. Off stalking roe ...suddenly the guide puts his arm out to stop you as you round the corner....."dont get too excited and walk really slow"...then reveals a flock of sheep .... bullying at its best

 

[terrier1]

Had an English partridge fly at me and the dogs and knew straight away it had chick's and called the dogs up and vacated the area straight away.
Kept away from that part of the farm for a few weeks. This is one of the reasons why I love English partridges.

 

[Sol]

A little off topic, but I've heard this sentiment before for you guys stalking with a dog do you find the roe hang around a little a little longer?

I've heard that a lot, that more often or not a roe will chose too complexly ignore the human and instead focus entirely on the dog.

 

[Smellydog]

A little off topic, but I've heard this sentiment before for you guys stalking with a dog do you find the roe hang around a little a little longer?

I've heard that a lot, that more often or not a roe will chose too complexly ignore the human and instead focus entirely on the dog.

It's true Sol.
Had it happen a few times. They seem to need to assess the dog as a threat or not buying you a few seconds.
My dog has a silhouette of a fox and that helps also!

 

[Ratel]

The spring before last, I watched a roe doe give a fox a proper stomping. I didn't see the fox again, so either it kept well clear after that or succumbed to internal wounds. I'd previously seen a (the?) fox stalking her twins. On this occasion, she was down to one kid, so perhaps the fox had managed to take the other and what I witnessed was a collision between lipsmacking overconfidence and bitter revenge.

Saw this myself some years ago the doe slashing the fox with her front hooves. She had really hammered him and I shot him, a big dog fox as he slunk away. She went back to her kids and barked at me for quite a while. The fox was badley cut and had several broken ribs with an ear hanging off.
Saw similar a year or so later, the fox the legged it with the doe in hot pursuit slashing at him. Never saw the result and was unarmed at that time.

 

[Ratel]

Funnily enough but not funny, and not an aggressive doe. Some 40+ years ago we were netting Roe and bagging them up to keep them quiet for a while. One doe kicked out with a back leg and struck a friend's forearm. A dozen stitches later at the nearest A&E and we were heading home. Just shows how sharp they can be. Another little tip is never grasp an unconcious but still breathing Roebuck by his antlers. One wife ignored this warning and got nasty cuts an gouges to her palms from the pearling when he came back to life.

 

[VSS]

My park fallow are quite fascinated by my dogs, and when the dogs are loose on the yard the deer will sometimes come right down to the gate for a closer look. On one occasion a pricket actually touched noses with one of the collies through the gate. Yet if I approach the gate the deer are gone in a flash.

 

[Sol]

Funnily enough but not funny, and not an aggressive doe. Some 40+ years ago we were netting Roe and bagging them up to keep them quiet for a while. One doe kicked out with a back leg and struck a friend's forearm. A dozen stitches later at the nearest A&E and we were heading home. Just shows how sharp they can be. Another little tip is never grasp an unconcious but still breathing Roebuck by his antlers. One wife ignored this warning and got nasty cuts an gouges to her palms from the pearling when he came back to life.

I remember long ago I was told of a story of a roe buck shot in the head with a .22 (years, and years ago at this point, well before i was alive) dropped too the spot as expected, the 2 boys walked up too gralloch it and as one grabbed the leg Its hoof raised and battered him right in the head, he was then out cold!