Practical Deer Management

Dealing with the public

It is often said that while dealing with deer themselves is relatively easy, it is almost invariably people that will cause the most problems for the deer manager. This is sadly an elemental truth; ‘people problems’ come in a number of forms and need to be considered differently. Some are simply dealt with but others not so.

The ‘right to roam’ is a widely misunderstood concept and it must be accepted that the British public, as has often been pointed out, are capable of turning up in the oddest places, at the oddest times, doing the oddest things. As a result, all legitimate land-users must