Shooting Times & Country – 21 August 2019

SPORTING ANSWERS

STALKING

I’mfairlynewtostalkingand

havenevercalledroebefore.

Canyourecommend the best call

fortheroe rut?

Itlargelydependsonthesize,type

andpopulationofroeonyour

ground.Forinstance,inScotlandon

theopenheatherandlonghillsides,

a far-reachingcallsuchastheButtolo

is handy.Rubber,hand-heldand

squeezable,it canimitatethecall

ofa ruttingdoeorroekidindistress

at varyingvolumes.It’seasytocarry

and the sound travels a long way.

Formorewoodedareas,orclose

rideswhereyoucan’tseea roecoming,

startoffwitha reedcall.Thesemouth-

blowncallscomeina fewdifferent

varieties— thenaturalwoodRichard

Priorcall,a HubertusCherrywoodcall,

ora plasticreedcall(whichcomesina

varietyofsizes).Eachofthesecallsis

madetomimica doeinoestrusora roe

kidindistress.Theyhavebeendesigned

tocallthedoe in and then bring a buck

afterher.

Usesparinglyandbepatient is the

best advice I can give.BP

Seep.32formoreinformationonusing

diff erent calls for quarry species.

How to call in roe deer

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