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Here are some interesting facts about deer:

  • Deer's eyes are good at picking up movement but poor at distinguishing detail
  • Deer can hear people from quarter of a mile away on a windless day
  • Deer's ears can rotate in all directions and are sensitive to high pitch noise
  • Deer's sense of smell is 20 times better than humans
  • Red deer stalking lets generate about £4 million per year
  • Red deer management provides around 320 full-time & 460 part-time stalkers jobs
  • Up to 70,000 red deer are culled each year
  • There are at least 300,000 red deer in Scotland
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