Regret can't say, as I've zero experience of hunting and, although I knew that deer hunting was a common enough activity in such remote areas as the highlands of Scotland and the exposed moorlands of Exmoor and Dartmoor, until this morning I had no idea hunting took place so much closer to home.
Not too far from my patch (10 miles inland from Boston) is Thetford Forest, where the deer there have gradually become something of a problem. If you should Google "Thetford Forest deer", you'll read something of what I'm talking about.
Likewise if you Google "New Forest deer" - where 5 species can be found: fallow, roe, sika, red, and muntjac. In fact it was while talking with a couple of guys who live near 'The New Forest' (a National Park in southern England - west of Southampton) that I heard about the use of lion pooh to repel deer. Apparently they source it from a Safari Park, as such parks have far more lions than can be found in any zoo. They didn't reveal exactly how they obtain it - and I was too polite to ask - so whether it's a daring dash from their vehicle armed with a bucket and spade, or greasing the palm of a game warden - who knows ? But getting hold of a handful of lion sh#t has to be a whole lot easier than trying to get one to pee in a bucket !
LJ
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