Posts tagged Deer management
Why we need deer management (part 3)
Why we need deer management (part 3)

Avoiding issues that arise in association with deer via non-lethal methods, are not a long term solutions. Their numbers are ever increasing. Instead of demonizing shooting folk in the UK, we should be promoting them, bringing new members into deer stalking, promoting more local venison, shooting more deer and praising those that keep a balance for all our wildlife on a daily basis. We should be educating the next generations on responsible countryside management, closing the disconnect in today’s society.

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WildlifeChiltern SportingDeer management, Deer hunting, Landscape
Why we need deer management (part 2)
Why we need deer management (part 2)

Between species who thrive beyond natural numbers (such as foxes, corvids, pigeons, rabbits…) and those who have a hard time adapting in the modern sculpture of our landscape (like ground nesting birds, pollinators, red squirrels, butterflies…), deer are somewhere in the middle for the most part. They tend to thrive in most of our countryside and the estimated deer population of the UK is the highest it has ever been at any point before, as it is in many other countries and continents.

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WildlifeChiltern SportingDeer management, Deer hunting, Species, Landscape, Predators, Venison
Why we need deer management (part 1)
Why we need deer management (part 1)

Deer stalking (or deer hunting for any non UK English speakers) is a thrilling experience and in our core we share the very same emotions, goosebumps, respect and gratitude as our earliest ancestors had. The fact of the matter is being part of this cycle and eating what we have hunted ourselves is such a fulfilling sensation. We know exactly where our food comes from. An article in 3 parts

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WildlifeChiltern SportingDeer management, Species, Deer hunting, Deer stalking