Chamois

Roe deer

Mouflon

Alpine red deer

Chamois Chamois is a smaller bovid 75 cm high at the shoulders. In summer, the fur has a rich brown colour which turns light grey in winter. Winter fur is much thicker, therefore chamois appear robust and stout in winter and slender in summer. Distinct characteristics are a white face with pronounced black stripes below the eyes (called reins), a white rump and a black stripe along the back. Both males and females have short, black, straightish horns which are hooked backwards near the tip. Males, which are one tenth bigger than females, have stronger and more hooked horns, which start growing at birth and are basically a highly vascular spongy tissue covered in a skin called velvet. Older chamois have horns covered in resin, probably as a result of rubbing against spruce and larch bark or dwarf pine. A fully grown chamois weighs between 20 and 30 kilograms.

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Roe deer The Roe Deer is a relatively small deer, with a shoulder height of 63–67 cm and a weight of around 25kg. It has rather short, erect antlers and a reddish body with a grey face. Its firm hide is golden-red in summer, darkening to brown in winter, with lighter undersides and a white rump patch; the tail is very short and barely visible. The fawns are sand brown with white spots, which start becoming less visible at the age of 6 weeks and completely disappear after the hide change in October. Males have short rough antlers on their forehead. The first and second set of antlers are unbranched and short while older bucks in good conditions develop antlers with two or three, rarely even four, points.

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Mouflon Mouflon are thickset and strongly built with strong legs, which make them good runners. The males have horns curved in almost one full revolution (up to 1 m). Some females are horned while others lack horns. Males are a bit bigger than females. Their habitat are steep, sunny, mountainous slopes near the tree line, whereas they tend to avoid moist and soft grounds since they cause their hooves to wear.

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Alpine red deer Alpine red deer is our biggest deer, with a shoulder height of 1.5 meter. It generally has lithe, compact bodies and long, powerful legs suited for rugged woodland terrain. It has a long head with big pointed ears. Their firm is long and brittle, red-brown in summer and grey-brown in winter. Their tail is around 15 cm long. Males have longer hair at the back of their neck called (a mane) and a white rump. Fawns have spots which may, especially on the back, remain visible throughout their life. All male deer have antlers, whereas the females don’t.

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Roe deer

The Roe Deer is a relatively small deer, with a shoulder height of 63–67 cm and a weight of around 25kg. It has rather short, erect antlers and a reddish body with a grey face. Its firm hide is golden-red in summer, darkening to brown in winter, with lighter undersides and a white rump patch; the tail is very short and barely visible. The fawns are sand brown with white spots, which start becoming less visible at the age of 6 weeks and completely disappear after the hide change in October. Males have short rough antlers on their forehead. The first and second set of antlers are unbranched and short while older bucks in good conditions develop antlers with two or three, rarely even four, points.

Fawns grow their first set of antlers in November or December and lose it in February. The adult roebucks get their set of antlers in December, which fully develop by the end of March or April. They lose it again in September or November. Older females can exceptionally grow a set of smaller antlers.

Hunting and the level of difficulty
Roebuck hunting is usually done early in the morning or in the evening, so it only takes 6-8 hours. The rest of the day can be spend fly-fishing or going on a trip. Roebuck hunting is physically not demanding, although there can sometimes be some weather related trouble. However, rainfall is always welcome, since deer tend to come out before and after the rain.

Open season
Males, young males and females. May 5-October 31
Females, male and female fawn: September 1-December 31