Roe call

[buck52]

Just a quick point, DONT practise with your calls on your ground, you will only educate the deer, keep them in the car and if you are out driving and see a roe, try the kid squek to start with, the terror call will only work when the rut is full on, honest.

 

[Dawnraider]

Thanks for the advise buck52,mine turned up today from stakers uk and after 2 miutes practice the misses gave out a terror cry,worked on her alright
Neil

 

[Bertram]

After having called roebuck in the rut in Germany, Austria and England for twenty soemthign years, I'd advise rather to use the buttolo reed call, or any other type of reed call rather than the rubber or rosewood call. Both of them are quite useful isntruments, but the whole scala of doe and fawn call is by far better to be imitated witha reed call. A german chap called Klaus Demmel makes very nice ones form antlers, called Rottumtaler Rehblatter, which I'd recoomend, having used it myself. If any help is needed getting one from Germany over to the UK, I'd be happy to help.

Also I'd recommend to get Richard Prior's tape on how to use a call. His knowledge is vast and what he says about how a call is to be used is absolutley right.

 

[Paul 600]

Betram, I agree what you say is correct, reed calls are more versatile, the pitch can be altered very easily by pressure with the lips. The Buttolo however is very good for Muntjac and they don't seem as fussy what the call sounds like!

 

[Paul 600]

Double post.

 

[Bertram]

Deer Man,

your point and I agree: for muntjac it doesn't seem to care what sound you make, as long as you make one: I had them coming straight at me even on duck calls - as long as I tried it in an area where there are no ponds or brooks about. It seems to me that these little critters have a general nosiness to react on any sound they do not yet know and that doesn't sound distressing.

 

[Paul 600]

Bertram

yes Muntjac are great! I have called Muntjac and had them come very close to me and the dogs before barking and trotting off only to be called back several times using the distress call on the Buttolo.

Now i know they have seen me but why come back? I am not sure if its curiosity or protecting territory or young? Either way many Muntjac can be accounted for like this!

This applies to both male and females.

 

[Bertram]

If it accounts both for females and males you have the answer to your questions whether they approach for territoriality or for nosiness. Whereas the roe deer, who is not a true cervidae, but a member of the under-family of odocoileinae is territorial in both sexes, the muntjac as a true cervidae is territorial only in thze male sex.