Roe deer is a beautiful large animal. She belongs to the deer family. The body length of the animal is 1.5 m, and the height is 1 m.
The hunt for animals is carried out for the sake of the skin, meat and horns. As a rule, they use round-up hunting, shooting from special towers, but one of the methods is hunting with the use of decoy.
Animal habitat
Roe deer live almost everywhere. But they can not be found in a dense forest or marshland. They choose woodlands, forest-steppe, mountains with vegetation. In areas without trees, they do not live, even if there is a lot of food. Animals feed on different herbs.
Animal features are curiosity and keen hearing. They are fundamental to the use of decoy on them during the hunt. It is quite possible to make decoys on a roe with your own hands.
Its use increases the hunter's chance to shoot the beast. Shotgun is better to use ordinary rifled. Smooth-bore design cannot guarantee the required rate of fire. The optimal charge is buckshot.
This article will describe how to make a decoy on a roe deer with your own hands.
Features of roe deer hunting
For the most part, males respond to the call of mank. This fact can be explained by the fact that the number of young and old individuals that are in the race is reduced, and the sexual activity of males is still high. It is the middle of summer that is the most successful time for hunting roe deer.
Many hunters are convinced that rutting time is the most suitable for consuming semolina. However, the hunter will be lucky to a greater extent at a later time due to the fact that the number of females is reduced, and the male in their search easily goes to the sounds of decoy.
It is recommended to start the hunt from 10 in the morning until lunch. Hunters are advised to wear camouflage uniforms. Roe deer mainly show a reaction to movement, therefore it is advised to lie down in the bushes. After choosing a convenient place, you should not immediately begin to lure the animal, since it is unlikely that it did not notice your approach. You should wait a certain time, and then begin the process of luring.
Weak whistles come first. If the male is nearby, then he will understand the fake sound. If after 10 minutes the male did not appear, then you can start to whistle louder.
Often changing the place of an ambush is not recommended. You should wait about half an hour from the moment of the last signal, and then gradually move to a new place.
Varieties of roe deer
Depending on the principle of production of the device, the following types can be distinguished:
- electronic factory decoy;
- decoy on a roe do it yourself.
They can also be subdivided depending on what kind of sounds they make. The main one is the whistle. This is the sound that the animal makes during the rut.
Hunters often make their own roe deer.
Species of whistle emitted by animals
The whistle is similar to the monosyllabic quiet sound "phi" emitted by the nose. Such a sound spreads over a distance of 150 m on a calm day. Sexual arousal makes males and females often whistle. In this case, the female makes a sound only if the male is not far from her, as well as during slow running. At other times, roe deer emit a similar whistle for other reasons. For example, a female whistles when looking for her baby, or when it drives a young female away before calving.
The scream expressing the fear of the animal is piercing. It is heard at a distance of 500 m. It sounds like “ay-in”, as well as “pay-i” or “ve-e”. The sounds of intimidation sound like “be” or “be”. So the roe deer screams when something bothers her, or the animal does not understand the reasons for its fear.
The sound of intimidation is somewhat similar to the sound of indignation. It can serve as a marking of the territory on which the animal feeds. Such sounds can also be attributed to those calling for battle. They are published by males during the struggle for their territory. When imitating this voice, a hunter can lure a strong male.
With the help of wheezing, the male is excited during the rutting season. The males make a similar sound during the fights between themselves.
Thus, making an imitation of a whistle, the prey repeats the voice of a female who is hunting for a male. An explosive whistle can interest the male and make him jealous. The animal thinks that the rival has chased the female. By simulating the whistling of a cub, a female can be lured. The male also comes for her after a while.
A cry of fear during the rut also helps to lure a male who thinks something happened to the female. By imitating this sound, the female bait can also be achieved, as a cry of horror can greatly disturb her. Imitation of fear is reproduced only in rare cases.
How to make decoy with your own hands?
To make a decoy on a roe deer with your own hands from natural materials, you will need a stalk, leaf or rye straw, which is specially processed. In order to imitate the roe whistle, a beech leaf was previously used. Hence the name of this hunt - "leaf". The male who was lured by the whistle of the hunter was called "walking on a leaf."
Cons of natural fixtures
So what are the negative aspects of such a device as a decoy on a roe deer with their own hands? Devices that are made using natural materials have several disadvantages:
- they require the right manufacturing techniques;
- their storage and transportation are extremely inconvenient and cause difficulties;
- such devices often go bad.
Also, when using such a decoy, both hands are involved. This is inconvenient. But how then to make a shot?
Therefore, we can say with confidence that hunting in this way will succeed in people who have the proper experience in this matter. Beginners will definitely have mistakes.
Taking into account all the difficulties associated with the use of natural means, many hunters prefer to use electronic counterparts. But they can fail. Therefore, any hunter should be well acquainted with the rules of luring the beast with the help of a sheet and other home-made means.
Making natural decoys
Many are interested in how to make a decoy on a roe do-it-yourself.
The most common models of natural decoys are devices based on tree leaves. For production, you can use rye stalk. Previously, a bamboo leaf was used to simulate roe deer sound.
For the manufacture of semolina, you should take a smooth, soft sheet of beech wood of a small size. Such leaves can be picked from a young tree or shoots.
As a rule, a sheet of red beech is taken as the basis, but any other smooth sheet can be used, provided that it has the following properties:
- he is young and sticky;
- necessarily contains streaks of smooth structure;
- does not have notches at the end.
For a novice in the business of hunting, it is best to imitate the call of an animal with a beech leaf.
The decoy is done as follows:
- a beech leaf is taken, which is notched on one side;
- the inner edge of the leaf bends inward by one fourth in length;
- the device must not burst on the bend meta.
How to use decoy from a leaf?
The sheet is taken in hand in accordance with certain rules. The middle and index fingers should be slightly apart and applied to the lower lip in such a way that an uncomplicated part of the leaf is located on it. After that, the upper lip is placed on top freely. Next, a light blow is made to the very edge of the device. The tone of the call should be appropriate.
The wider the fingers that press the sheet are, the lower the sound will be. You should not overdo it, otherwise you can lure a moose instead of a roe deer. If the fingers are too close, the sound will imitate the cry of a roe deer.
You should not worry if the first time you do not succeed. Through training, you can achieve the desired result.
Rye stem decoy
To imitate the call of a roe deer, you can squeeze between the lips a thin birch bark, a creepy stalk or the bark of a wild cherry tree. Even a synthetic film from thin polyethylene will become quite suitable for this purpose.
The easiest way is to make semolina from a rye stem. The choice of material should be taken seriously. For the manufacture of semolina, an unripe stalk of rye is used. Its length should be 10 cm, including the knot. It should be located one third from the top of the straw.
Such a home-made decoy on a roe deer with their own hands is very easy to use. The hunter by means of a sharp thin knife makes an incision on the long end of the straw. Its length should be 3 cm. The larger the cut, the lower the tone will be.
Using rye stem decoy
They use straw semolina as follows: the long part of the stem is placed in the mouth, and the hunter begins to blow. Due to the fact that this device is too fragile, it should be worn in a special case.
A straw lasts longer than a beech leaf device. Wild cherry leaf or bark dries quickly, so a new decoy is made every half hour.
Rules for the storage of natural materials
All natural materials for the manufacture of semolina, which were described above, are stored only under certain conditions. They are kept in a humid place. They are stored in a can, the bottom of which is covered with moist filtered blotting paper.
Making syringe decoy
You can make decoys on a roe deer from a syringe with your own hands.
First of all, cut off the part of the syringe into which the needle is soldered. As a result, a tube 7 cm long should remain, on one side of which the edges protrude.
Then a simple pencil is taken and adjusted in diameter so that it can pass into the syringe. 20 mm of length are cut off from a pencil. This part should be sharpened. Saw on one end affects one third of the details from the pencil, and on the other - one eighth. The detail is beveled.
A hole is made in the syringe, with which the sound is adjusted. You should step back from where the needle was located. This distance should be greater than the length of the pencil part. Then a hole is cut out. First, a vertical cut is made, and then at an angle. Slices on the syringe are made in one motion to avoid the appearance of chipping that spoils the sound quality. Then the pencil part is pushed into the syringe so that it protrudes 1 mm from the hole. The wider part of the pencil should be closer to the hole made in the syringe.
Next, a piston is inserted into the syringe and the semolina is adjusted. Part of the piston is cut so that the product can be closed with a cap from the syringe. Such a decoy on a roe deer with his own hands acts by putting the piston in motion.
Electronic device
Electronic decoys for hunting roe deer are technical means.
Such devices include three elements:
- wooden case;
- screw for regulation;
- plastic insert with metal tongue.
The adjustment screw is responsible for pitch. If it is twisted weakly, then the voice of the old beast is obtained. With further twisting, you can achieve an imitation of the call of a young individual, and with maximum twisting, you can call the calf.
Earlier, when hunting for roe deer, other bait devices were also used. It should be noted semolina with a pneumatic mechanism. They were actuated by squeezing a rubber pear with the index and thumb.
Electronic counterparts are devices with a high level of efficiency. With devices that have the right setting, you don’t have to think about how to get the right tone for the bait. You just need to blow into the device and make the beast come closer. The most famous brands producing electronic devices are Nordikroe and Buttolo.
