Publications

Many of our Advice Notes have now been replaced by our new Best Practice Guides which can be viewed or downloaded here.

Advice Note No.1 Deer Management Groups – advice and support in England

Advice Note No.4 High seats for deer management

Advice Booklet: A guide to writing Deer Management Plans

Forestry Commission Publications

The following publications are available direct from the Forestry Commission. Some are available free of charge and others have to be purchased. You will find up to date information about price and availability on the Forestry Commission website.

FCPN009 Recommendations for fallow, roe and muntjac deer fencing: new proposals for temporary and reusable fencing

FCPN006 Managing deer in the countryside

FCIN036 The impact of deer on biodiversity

FCIN035 Natural regeneration in broadleaved woodlands: deer browsing and the establishment of advance regeneration

FCPN001 Nearest neighbour method for quantifying wildlife damage to trees in woodland

FCPN003 The prevention of mammal damage to trees in woodland

FCIN 029 What is continuous forestry cover?

FCFB018 How many deer? A guide to estimating deer population size.

FCBU105 Roe deer biology and management

FCHB010 Wildlife rangers’ handbook

FCTG002 Forest fencing - a Technical Guide

BASC

Click on the document title to open a new page on the BASC website.

Meat Handling Guide - advice and information about new rules which come into effect in January 2006.

Deer Stalking: A Code of Practice - an introductory guide to deer stalking.

Natural England

Research Report No.173 Deer Management on NNRs: problems and prevention

This report presents a review of the distribution and status of deer on NNRs, and an overview of the impact of deer grazing and browsing on conservation communities in general, as introduction to a specific examination of problems experienced in NNRs under English Nature's management. It also includes a summary of all available methods for management of deer, a review of management practices currently adopted to NNRs and recommendations for management for the future.

The document is in 4 parts, and can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the following links.

British Deer Society

Training Dogs for Woodland Deer Stalking by Guy Wallace

There are many other publications available from the BDS shop. Click here to be redirected to their own site.

Other Publications

The Deer Manager’s Companion by R Putman & J Langbein
ISBN 1904057039

Deer: Law and Liabilities by John Thornley & Charlie Parkes
ISBN 1840370963

Butchering Deer: The Complete Manual of Field Dressing, Skinning, Aging, and Butchering Deer at Home by John Weiss
ISBN 158011220X

Fallow Deer by Jochen Langbein and Norma Chapman
ISBN 0906282403 or 0902754262

This page updated June 2008