Roe deer behavior?

[bushwacker bob]

whats with roe deer at this time of year? in the past couple of days i've seen 2 'herds' of roe deer. I usually see them either solitary or in pairs. I saw a group of 7 yesterday and another group of 3 today.Anyone with any knowledge of these group gatherings?There seems to be lots of deer around lately.

[Buckshot]

During winter Roe normally stick together and form mixed sex herds.
I was out at the weekend as it was the end of the doe season and we saw 9 Roe in one field :shock:

The bucks antlers are still in velvet but soon the velvet will dry and fall off revealing the light coloured antler. The brown colour comes from the deer fraying (either trying to remove the taters of velevt or teritory marking) and varies according to vegitation and soil type of the region.

In another month or two the herd will split, the bucks become teritorial and reject other bucks in the area whilst trying to woo all the does around - nothing changes :roll:

The Bucks come into season in April - these date are for England and Wales shooting seasons, Scotland varies a little.

Hope this helps

Mark

[bushwacker bob]

yep, perfect and concise. Thanks Mark