Roebuck has a slightly bent back and is not the endurance runner a deer is. In the summer roebuck sports a yellow and reddish-brown coat. As it gets older its head takes on a more greenish color, and its collar becomes thicker and shorter. In winter it changes to a grey color. Roebuck’s legs are long and thin. Its weight reaches around 13-25Kg, and occasionally even more.
Antlers development
A roebuck’s pedicle has already started in the 4th month, and in October the first antlers are showing in the form of small buttons or short and thin sticks of just 2cm. Very soon he starts to pound them out, and after 8-10 months he first sheds them completely. Straight after shedding them, new adult antlers start to grow. A roebuck aged 2-3 years usually sheds his antlers sometime from March through the beginning of May. Adult roebuck, though, shed antlers from the end of October to the beginning of December. With age, antlers get tougher and climax when the roebuck is 6-8 years of age. After that, the antlers don’t grow as large in strength or size.
Hunting Importance
In the close future we plan to have a roebuck population of 75,000 in Slovakia, with up to 20,000 hunted yearly, and it should be one of the most populated game. The strongest trophy was hunted in 1989 in the south-west of Slovakia, and was rated at 183.4 CIC points.
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