HUMBLE PIE: A ROE STALKER'S BEDSIDE BOOK. By Richard Prior.

2006 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp216. B/w vignette illustrations. Burgundy boards, spine titled in gilt.

# "Written for any deer enthusiast to dip into and it contains bits and pieces of roe lore which have tickled the author's curiosity or puzzled him over the years. ...A blend of reminiscence and advice from the author's lifetime's interest and enthusiasm". Chapters include: What makes them tick? - what are they thinking, antlers why all the fuss?, watching them watching us, malformed antlers and fly-strike, colour variations, typical questions, inter-species relations; Aspects of stalking - motives and mistakes, stalkers' birds, a long shot for a big buck, roe bashing, new ground, the rut and calling, dogs good and bad, typical questions; Rifles and other equipment - rifles and questions about them, arrogance and the rifle shooter, scopes, gadgets good bad and horrible, shooting off a stick, high seats, typical questions; Management - stalker or manager?, pressures on deer, typical questions, damage, your deer my roses, typical questions on damage, health and safety, hashes and haunches, stalking diaries the Benin factor; Alarms and excursions - wild goat chase, adventures and misadventures in the Alps, moose hunt, Chinese roe on migration, wild boar and mixed drinks; Looking back - the origins of South-Country roe, roe stalking in the 1930's, a plague of monsters, winter browsing, the making of a stalker, last word - Numbles.