Coping with Deer in Areas of High Population | 16th Dec, 2013
Deer numbers are at their all time high in many parts of the country. Managing a coppice in one of these areas is hard work and can be extremely frustrating. Groups like the Deer Initiative are being proactive in educating woodland owners and the public about the issues involved. The main problem being that deer are a natural ‘prey ’ species without any natural predators. The limiting factor to their population increase is likely to be the available food, and unfortunately that means for many of us, our woodlands and parks and gardens are coming under increasing pressure from their numbers.