HALF A CENTURY OF SCOTTISH DEER STALKING. By G. Kenneth Whitehead.

1996 1st edition. 4to (194 x 265mm). Pp320. B/w photographs, maps, bibliography. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt, gilt antlers motif to upper board.

"G. Kenneth Whitehead has studied and stalked the deer of Scotland for over fifty years. Throughout that period he has assiduously collected and studied deer and stalking records from a vast range of Scottish forests. Now, at last, the author has distilled the information of fifty years into this one volume." Chapters include: Be prepared; Hit or miss; Weapons and after the shot; Injured and wounded deer; Disease, parasitical infection and physical disabilities; Winter mortality and other factors; Poaching; Stalking and other incidents; Disturbance on the hill; A census of Scottish red deer; shortage of mature stags and their age; Hummels in Scotland; Non-typical coloured red deer in Scotland; Hinds and calves; The rut; Introduction of park deer to the forest; Red deer in woodland; Sika and other deer species; Eagles and other wildlife; The annual cull; Tagging; Artificial feeding; Deer management groups; Letting or leaving; antlers; Weights of Scottish red deer; Venison; Half a century of Scottish deer stalking weather; Scottish deer stalking seasons, 1959-1995. Appendices give: Stalkers and their forests since 1986; Bibliography; Index of forests, shootings and sheepgrounds; Index of present or former forest owners, tenants and stlking guests etc., since 1959 mentioned in text; Outline maps showing location of deer stlaking grounds in Scotland.