THE ROE DEER 
The following is a list of the largest Roe heads I have measured. The 
best Scottish heads are quite as good as the best German average, but 
they are not so fine as those which were obtained in East Prussia prior 
to the nineteenth century, or in South Sweden at the present day. 
BRITISH ROE HEADS 
Length 
of 
Outside 
Curve. 
Circum- 
ference 
above 
Coronet. 
Tip to 
Tip. 
Points. 
Locality. 
Owner. 
Remarks. 
m 
4 
- 
6 
Foulis Wester, 
Perth 
Mrs Moncrieff 
Very thin. Of remarkable length. 
Ilf 
4 
— 
6 
Monymusk, 
Aberdeen 
Sir Arthur Grant 
IH 
Si 
— 
6 
Orton, Speyside 
Sir G. Macpherson 
Grant 
The top point broken off, a new one 
added. 
m 
6 
6 
6 
Dunkeld, Perth 
J. G. Millais 
The best British of normal type 
that I have seen. 
Hi 
— 
— 
6 
Whatcombe, Dorset 
J. Mansell Pleydell 
m 
— 
— 
3 
Kirkcudbright 
Duke of Bedford 
Single horn. 
11 
— 
n 
6 
Ross-shire 
H. M. Warrand 
11 
n 
65 
— 
Sligo 
Sir H. Gore-Booth 
A perfect head. 
loi 
7 
n 
6 
Beaufort, Ross 
J. G. Millais 
lOi 
6i 
6 
6 
Ballindalloch 
Sir G. Macpherson 
Grant 
lOi 
6 
51 
6 
Inverness 
Sir G. Macpherson 
Grant 
Very fine brows. Length 4J in. 
lOi 
4 
2i 
6 
New Mill, Perth 
J. G. Millais 
lOi 
5i 
6 
6 
Cawdor, Nairn 
J. G. Millias 
9i 
81 
— 
12 
Lissadell, Sligo 
Sir H. Gore-Booth 
The heaviest British roe head. 
— 
— 
— 
12 
Ardross, Ross 
G. W. Dyson Perrins 
91 
5 
5 
6 
Dorset 
J. E. Harting 
91 
— 
— 
7 
Trinity Cask, 
Perth 
J. G. Millais 
Shot by my father. Weight of horns 
and skull, 21 oz. 
9i 
— 
n 
6 
New Forest 
Hon. G. Lascelles 
9i 
4 
4 
6 
Beaufort, Ross 
J. G. Millais 
ROE-BUCK SHOOTING 
Whilst the Fallow buck may scarcely be classed as an important animal 
from the stalker’s point of view, this is not the case with the Roe, which 
in some respects is, in our islands, next in importance to the Stag. 
Unfortunately we have few young men who pursue the roebuck with the 
rifle, but those who do are enthusiasts of the right kind. There is nothing 
so hard to break as custom, and the habit of butchering with shot-guns 
these beautiful little animals after their horns have fallen, has become 
so much an institution that it is difficult to check it. Yet it is hardly likely 
that two hundred thousand Roe in Germany, and ninety-seven thousand 
in Austria, would be killed with the rifle unless there was both good sport 
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