Sound the alarm

Jon Snowdon explains the specific purposes of the various different barks of roe deer

A colleague contacted me last week and told me about a roebuck that had barked at his presence in the wood, only to keep approaching him at a distance of about 30m to take a closer look. On identifying him it ran off, barking continuously. My colleague asked whether this was common. When this does happen it is always a dramatic encounter for both parties and thrilling for the human. But to answer his question, it is not an everyday occurrence but does happen enough for me not to be surprised he had this experience. Roe bark at certain times of the year and there are perfectly understandable reasons why it is heard more from spring through to well after the rut. The wood is already reverberating to the sound…

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Sporting Gun (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2020

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