Deer Management
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Deer Management: Policy, Guidance and Best Practice. NatureScot
Deer in Community Woodlands. Workshop summary. CWA 2025 Conference
Local Deer Management Groups (DMGs) are a good first port of call for sharing plans and linking up efforts across neighbouring landholdings. https://www.nature.scot/innovative-community-deer-stalking-pilot-underway-creag-meagaidh
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Wild Deer Best Practice deliver training days regarding all aspects of deer management, across Scotland - the 2026 trainig programme is due to be uploaded soon.
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The Forestry Co-operation Grant (FoCo) under the FGS – is potentially useful here:
https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/all-schemes/forestry-grant-scheme/forestry-co-operation/It can fund the coordination and facilitation work between multiple landowners or community groups – things like mapping, meetings, and developing joint deer-management approaches (up to around 40 funded days).
There are also other FGS options that support deer-management planning and reducing impacts once collaboration is in place.