Rarely has there been a more serious threat to those of us who manage deer.
It is a threat that could very well impact on your ability to continue to stalk in Scotland and, perhaps, in time, in England.
The threat comes from the Scottish Government, which is entertaining proposals made by its Deer Working Group to implement a register of competent stalkers, which politicians take to mean mandatory qualification to be able to stalk deer in Scotland.
A Nature.scot consultation - launched on 5th January 2024 and which ends on 29th March - is considering proposals to enshrine in law the requirement that everyone shooting deer unaccompanied in Scotland, has the same basic level of training, akin to that of a Deer Stalking Certificate Level One.
Please act now - consult.gov.sc...
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28 авг 2024