OUR STORY
I am passionate about the countryside and with a lifelong interest in the outdoors, choosing to spend my free time with my sheep and horses in the East Sussex area.
A love of eating responsibly sourced game has led to my journey of deer management, combined with other local farmers requiring deer solutions.
Qualified trained hunter holding DSC1 and Woodland Management qualifications.
Fully insured with Professional Liability and Indemnity cover, providing confidence, discretion and peace of mind.
SERVICES
Deer Management
£ No cost
Our deer management service helps landowners, farmers and estate managers control deer populations responsibly, preventing deer damage to crops and woodland. We focus on population control, welfare-led culling, and ensuring a healthy natural habitat.
Deer management is rarely about doing one thing once. It is about understanding what is happening on your ground, setting a clear objective, then taking consistent, sensible action.
Rabbit Management
£ POA
As with our deer management service, the intention is to help landowners and farmers control the rabbit populations responsibly, preventing damage to crops, hedgerows and fence lines. The focus remains on population control via humane culling.
Rabbit management is typically charged on an hourly basis for short term culls.
Vermin Management
£ POA
Problems with foxes, rats or squirrels. We can help to neutralise the issue. This would usually be a single visit based on an hourly rate.
Every engagement begins with a consultation. We listen first, establish what you need, whats important to you. We consider access, safety, welfare, and any site sensitivities. We then set out a straightforward plan and keep you updated as work progresses. You can expect a professional service delivered quietly, respectfully, and confidentially at all times.
DEER MANAGEMENT
Deer are a revered animal; however, many parts of the UK are currently experiencing an overpopulation. The current estimated national deer population is 2 million – higher than it has been at any time since the last ice age, and rising every year!
At relatively low densities, deer can play an important role in maintaining open areas which can enhance biodiversity and habitat quality. However, as deer numbers – and population density – rise, they can have a negative effect on their environment.
The High Weald has a long association with wild deer. They thrive in the area’s rich landscape mosaic of small fields, woodlands and hedgerows, and their presence has helped shape the landscape we know and love today.
However, the deer population in the High Weald has exploded in recent years due to several factors including:
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No natural predators
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The introduction of 4 non-native deer species that are extremely successful at reproducing
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The abundance of year-round agricultural crops including grass, providing a constant food source
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Biodiverse woodlands that act as cover, breeding areas and food sources
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Fragmented land ownership and uncoordinated deer management
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Milder winters.
In the High Weald, Roe deer is the only native species. They are territorial and generally solitary, forming smaller groups in the winter. Fallow deer – a herding species that range across large areas – are the most prominent with increasing numbers of Muntjac. Where Fallow deer are at high densities, they out-compete the native Roe deer.
What problems do deer cause?
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Deer ‘browse’ (nibble) plants, leaves and branches from saplings and small trees. Where there are larger deer populations, this damages plants and grasses on the woodland floor, preventing natural regeneration. It also removes vegetation from the ‘understory’ (plantlife growing beneath the woodland canopy) creating a ‘browse line’ that allows a view through the wood. Less understory means fewer places for species such as nightingales and dormice to feed and nest, as well as less carbon being sequestered.
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Forestry interests, woodlands and hedgerows are negatively impacted and natural tree regeneration becomes almost impossible. Many farmers and land managers in the High Weald who plant new trees and hedgerows on their land to help nature soon find they have been stripped by deer before they can establish.
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Deer consume and trample crops and grass, impacting food production.
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Road safety is compromised, with increasing deer vehicle collisions.
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Unmanaged deer populations are more likely to suffer from disease or even starvation as the deer approach or exceed the carrying capacity of their environment
CONTACT
SAY HELLO
Phone: 07887552768
OUR LOCATION
Rotherfield
East Sussex
OPENING HOURS
Mon - Wed: 10am - 6pm
Thurs - Fri: 10am - 7pm
Weekends: 9am - 6pm