A familiar rut
he roe rut: for someone like me who spends most of his time either hunting or monitoring this magical deer, it’s an eagerly awaited time of year. It can be frustrating – in that little happens that we see, the weather seems to stop the rut in its tracks, or it’s too hot during the day and most of the activity takes place under cover of darkness when it’s cooler. I think this is the fascination and you never know if you are going to get a response to the call or indeed what that response may be. Will they come in hard and fast, slow and sneaky or not all? What I can say is, that when you get the hard and fast response, you will never forget the thrill or the excitement of that mad dash in at speed as a buck charges out of cover at you!
