A new study, whose stated aim is to gauge the fortunes of Britain’s wild mammals, has said that deer numbers are on the increase – but rabbit, hare and fox have fallen.
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The heart of the hive
Mark Brackstone and a hunting friend are intrigued by stories of Romania’s fallow deer and, heading to the Transylvania region, are in awe of the numbers and quality of the deer there
Feigning fallow calls
Top stalker Charly Green looks at the theory behind calling fallow bucks during the rut and contends that summoning them may be difficult but is certainly not impossible
Muntjac management
Simon Barr joins deer specialist Richard Scrope to control the local muntjac population and gets a look at one of the country’s most spectacular trophy rooms on the way
Murphy’s law
Editor Pete Carr chances his luck in pursuit of a miscreant fallow buck in Bedfordshire but is nearly thwarted by a trespasser and her hound
