Then there was the question of roe deer, or sometimes the roe doe, being included in the close season.
The doe spends her time underground, and escapes.
The young leveret is able to run from the moment it is dropped by the doe.
He goes from burrow to burrow in search of fresh mates, but the pregnant doe clawls out of her burrow and sits grazing.
One doe has been known to introduce into the world no fewer than 65 young ones in a single year.
Apparently, the verderers have no salary, emolument or perk besides a fee buck and the fee doe annually, so they get little for their pains.
They perform one in the open and the other in a little temporary serape made by the doe.
A doe can have a many as five litters a year varying from three to fifteen offspring on each occasion.
