This is close to my heart. I have been saying this for years. It will help scavengers, farmers and invertebrates. Iain Dunn. Extract below:
Hundreds of thousands of kilos of vital nutrients are removed every year when deer carcasses are lifted off the hill, ecologists have said.
In Scotland, deer populations have been actively managed since 1959, primarily to control over browsing. Currently, all four wild deer species present in Scotland – red deer, roe deer, fallow deer and sika deer – are considered overabundant.
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