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Originally posted by Kuwinda:
Its an issue in so many ways.

Few folk here eat venison on a regular basis - here in Scotland depending on the species between 80% and 100% of the national cull is exported, mostly to Europe and Germany in particular. The fact that what goes out my deer larder door to the dealer turns up later, in e.g. Harrods, at twenty times the price wrankles somewhat....

Deer are overpopulated in some areas its true - again I am speaking for Scotland here - but what the government agencies (NatureScot) deem a sustainable population tends to differ sharply from the views of those actually on the ground, e.g. me. This has led to these same agencies exercising statutory powers to enter land and cull deer in large number - sometimes thousands - using helicopters and semi-auto rifles. This tends not to go down well with those of us who whilst we like to hunt also like to be able to actually see deer around the countryside.

Rant over ...... for the time being