Our Wildscape Deer Management Professional Field Guides are built for deer managers working on the ground, bringing together practical field judgement, lawful control, clear escalation and defensible record-keeping in one professional series.
The guides cover biosecurity in the field, notifiable and reportable diseases in wild deer, night operations and licence compliance, habitat impact assessment and regeneration monitoring, shot decision and follow-up protocol, and carcass handling, hygiene and food chain control, giving readers a clear, operational standard they can apply in real conditions.
01. Biosecurity in the Field
A practical field guide to managing tick exposure, deer keds and Lyme disease risk for those working on the ground. It sets out clear prevention, removal, escalation and recording standards to help deer managers protect themselves and maintain defensible biosecurity practice.
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02. Notifiable and Reportable Diseases in Wild Deer
A concise operational guide to recognising suspect disease, applying stop rules and following the correct legal escalation pathways in England. Designed to support safe field judgement, lawful reporting and clear record-keeping where unusual lesions, mortality or wider disease concerns arise.
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03. Night Operations and Licence Compliance
A professional guide to lawful night operations, licence control, safe systems of work and defensible records. Built for deer managers who need clear standards around authority, identification, boundaries, team roles and the restraint required when conditions are less than ideal.
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04. Habitat Impact Assessment and Regeneration Monitoring
A field guide to measuring browsing pressure, woodland response and regeneration outcomes in a repeatable and defensible way. It is designed to help land managers and deer managers gather evidence on the ground, justify management effort and protect woodland and habitat objectives over time.
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05. Shot Decision and Follow-Up Protocol
A practical guide to humane shot decision-making, immediate reaction assessment and disciplined recovery after the shot. It focuses on judgement, restraint and follow-up standards that protect welfare, reputation and professional credibility in the field.
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06. Carcass Handling, Hygiene and Food Chain Control
A clear field workflow for handling deer carcasses safely, cleanly and lawfully in England. Covering hygiene, inspection, contamination control, cooling, transport and record-keeping, it is built to support clean meat, due diligence and defensible food chain decisions.
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