Arden Forest deer Management are a small group of experienced and qualified Deer Stalkers, Fully trained and dedicated to deer welfare.

Whilst deer are often admired and fondly regarded Arden Forest deer Management recognises that they do require management.

Benefits for you..

Operating to BASC, BDS code of conduct and The Deer initiative best practice, we specialise and offer a range of professional management services for wild deer including:-

  • Deer Impact Surveys
  • Population reduction cull as required
  • Carcass Removal
  • Provide Income from Venison Sales
  • Generate revenue from Deer management leases
  • Full Risk Assessment followed by sustainable management to fall in-line with all other land use.

Deer Surveys & Census

Estimating deer numbers & density is an important part of managing deer populations.  To manage deer effectively, it is important to have reliable, and accurate tools to make assessments, and to measure their ecological impacts.  We have a number of techniques available, to make these estimates as accurate as possible.
Deer monitoring may involved the use of trail cameras, thermal imaging cameras, an annual deer count and the collection of records from stalkers and landowners.
Please contact us for further information on Deer surveys and Census.

Based in Central England

Wherever you are located we're always happy to discuss any issues you may have regarding the management of wild deer on your land.

We're insured and DSC qualified with several decades of experience in deer stalking and wildlife management.

Complete deer management packages can be discussed and tailored to agree a mutually beneficial lease to suit your personal needs.

Please get in touch

Arden Forest Deer Management
Bodkin Hall,
Coughton, Alcester,
Warwickshire B49 5HY

Telephone: Marc 07802 243728  Tom 07803 698174 
Email: enquiry@deer-management.org.uk

Deer Problems

Specific damage caused by deer varies dependent on species and time of year, however typically the sort of damage that can be sustained is:-

Fraying and rubbing of tree bark up to 1.8m in height to remove ‘velvet’ on Antler growth or to mark territories, this may destroy the tree or reduce it's commercial value if  it survives.

Browsing, browsed shoots tend to slow the growth of the tree and make for more knots in the wood thus lessening its value when the timber’s graded.

Fencing Damage to poorly maintained older fences.

Road Traffic Accidents, "The AA" figures suggest Between 40,000 and 75,000 deer are killed in collisions on the roads every year. These accidents kill car occupants too, as well as injuring hundreds and causing millions of pounds of damage to vehicles

Deer Species in the United Kingdom.

There are six species of deer living wild in Great Britain today: Red Deer, Sika Deer, Fallow Deer, Roe deer, Chinese Water Deer & Muntjac. Of these, Red and Roe deer are native and have lived in the isles throughout the Holocene. Fallow has been reintroduced twice, by the Romans and the Normans, after they died out in the last ice age. The other three are escaped or released alien species.
Red deer (Cervus elaphus - Male Stag, Female Hind)

The red deer is Britain’s largest native land mammal (adult stags weigh up to 190 kg and are up to around 140 cm at the shoulder). In England the main concentrations are in south-western England, East Anglia, and the Lake District with a wide scatter of local herds elsewhere. In Wales there are a small number of isolated herds.

Sika deer (Cervus nippon - Male Stag, Female Hind)

Adult Sikas stand at around 1 metre at the shoulder, stags being larger than the hinds. About 50kg is an average adult Sika weight, larger stags can weigh up to around 80kg. Sika are becoming regarded as a pest in areas of conflict since the damage that they cause is serious and the rate of hybridisation with red deer alarming.

Fallow deer  (Dama dama - Male Buck, Female Doe)

Adult male fallow deer (bucks) are generally 84 – 94 cm at the shoulder and weigh 46 - 94kg. Females (does) are 73 - 91cm at the shoulder and weigh 35 - 56kg. This places them in size between roe and red deer. The fallow is the only British deer with palmated antlers.

Roe deer  (Capreolus capreolus - Male Buck, Female Doe)

Roe deer grow to 60 - 75cm at the shoulder and weigh up to 10 - 25kg.

Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi - Male Buck, Female Doe)

Males grow to 44 - 52cm at the shoulder and weigh 10 - 18kg. Females are 43 - 52cm at the shoulder and weigh 9 - 16kg. Muntjac breed throughout the year. Their gestation period is 210 days and the fawn is weaned after 8 weeks. The doe is usually pregnant again within a few days of giving birth.

Chinese Water deer (CWD) (Hydropotes inermi - Male Buck, Female Doe)

Chinese water deer is a small species. Both adult males & females only reach a height of 50 – 55 cm at the shoulder and weigh 11 – 18 kg. This unusual deer is not a native UK species, having been introduced from China in the nineteenth century. It favours wet, marshy habitat and is a strong swimmer when it needs to.  The buck carries large canine teeth or tusks and has no antlers.