University of Chicago Press Journals image: A male roe deer in hard antler. view more Credit: (photograph by Olivier Villa) Why are male ungulate antlers and horns so large?

Cases like this [of the roe deer] where there’s no apparent response, are obviously worrying.” Male roe deer on the left, female on the right. Photo by: Creative Commons 3.0.

Peter Clark, Scotland Director of BASC said: “We agreed for the Scottish Government to permit the use of light intensifying, heat sensitive or other special sighting devices to shoot deer at night and ...

Normally, roe deer are shy animals and the first sign of their presence is the tell-tale flash of white from their fleeing rumps as they bound away, often stopping after a hundred yards or so to ...

More information: Eva de la Peña et al, The intensity of male-male competition may affect chemical scent constituents in the dark ventral patch of male Iberian red deer, PLOS ONE (2019).

University of Chicago Press Journals. "Male Deer Are Born To Live Fast, Die Young." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 3 September 2007. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 08 / 070831123426.htm>.

With the roe deer doe mating in August, her babies would be born in February when there is no cover to hide them, and no lush vegetation for milk production. But that’s when she mates — to ...

Hunters will be allowed to shoot deer at night as population numbers surge to two million The number of deer living in the UK has reached its highest level for 1,000 years Rules on shooting wild ...