The YouTube headshot film. This video is designed to show where to head-shoot deer. It is aimed at deer managers only. You may find this film offensive. Head shooting deer is a tricky subject but some circumstances dictate it. In this film we're out filming a parkland deer cull. Using a high speed camera we capture the moment a fallow doe is shot in the head. It's not pretty but it shows how clinical the shot can be if done properly. Also, deer manager Roy Lupton uses a fallow skull to explain target areas and the importance of being confident in your own abilities and that of your kit.
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Why shoot deer?
There are more than two million red, roe, fallow, sika, muntjac and Chinese water deer in Britain’s
countryside and semi-urban areas, the highest level for 1,000 years. Numbers have doubled since
1999, according to the Deer Initiative, the UK government’s deer agency.
Deer are an attractive and an important part of our wildlife. However, they have no natural predator
in the UK so numbers must be sensibly and strategically managed to keep them in balance with their
habitat and to prevent damage to crops, trees, woodland flora, gardens and other wildlife.
Deer cause £4.5 million-worth (Forestry Commission Scotland) of damage to plantations and other
commercial woodlands in Scotland. Crop damage is estimated at £4.3m a year according to DEFRA,
with the greatest damage on cereal crops in east and south-west England.
More than 8,000 hectares (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) of woodland with SSI
status is currently in ‘unfavourable’ or ‘recovering’ condition due to deer impacts such as browsing
and fraying. Deer can also influence the variety of wildlife in woodlands and other habitats by
altering structural and plant species diversity. According to the University of East Anglia’s Dr Paul
Dolman, that has resulted in a 50% decline in woodland bird numbers where deer are present,
impacting particularly on nightingales, blackcaps, chiffchaffs and warblers.
Deer are susceptible to Bovine TB and may be responsible for the transmission of TB to cattle. They
are also the likely driver behind the UK’s increasing tick population (Scharlemann et al 2008).
Happily, venison is a delicious meat. It is wild, natural and free range, and – almost fat-free – it is one
of the healthiest meats available today. Results from research commissioned by the Game-to-Eat
campaign (Leatherhead Food International Research 2006) suggest that there are real health
benefits to eating game. Venison is high in protein, low in saturated fatty acids and contains higher
levels of iron than any other red meat.
This film is an add-on to an item in Fieldsports Britain episode 173. Click to watch that show here [ Ссылка ]
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