The Wild Red Deer of Scotland - Notes from an Island Forest on Deer, Deer Stalking, and Deer Forests in the Scottish Highlands

Read Country Book

Alan Gordon Cameron

• Publisher: Read Country Book
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781446548967
• Print ISBN:
  9781905124602
  9781905124244

The Wild Red Deer of Scotland. Notes from an Island Forest on Deer, Deer Stalking, and Deer Forests in the Scottish Highlands. By Allan Gordon Cameron. Originally published in the early 1920's this scarce deer stalking title is now very hard to locate in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have now republished it using the original text, maps and illustrations. The author was an experienced stalker and naturalist who wrote many articles for the sporting journals of that era. The life of a Scottish hill stag is a phenomenon without parallel in the natural history of the species and this book will prove of great interest to all with an interest in field sports and nature. Two hundred and sixty five pages contain fifteen detailed chapters including : - Deer Stalking Old and New. - The Hill Stag and the Hill Stalk. - A Naturalist in the Deer Forest. - Calving, Birth Rate etc. - Habits. - Duration of Life. - Stalking Methods. - Antlers (four chapters) - Deer Forest Reforms. - The Ideal Forest. - Deer Distribution etc. This is a fascinating read for any stalking enthusiast or historian of the species, and contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest sporting books, particularly those dating back to the 1800s, are now extremely scarce and very expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Illustrations in Text
• Introduction
• I. The Old Beer-Stalking and the New
• II. The Hill Stag and the Hill Stalk
• III. A Naturalist in the Deer Forest
• IV. Calving, Birth-Rate, Death-Rate, Dimensions, Weights, and Coloration of Hill Deer
• V. Habits of Hill Deer
• VI. Duration of Life, Age Marks, and Causes of Natural Death in Hill Deer
• VII. Personal Stalking—Method And Equipment, The Search, Tactics of Approach, The Approach, The Kill, Wood Stalking
• VIII. Antlers—I. Growth and Shedding, Colour, Fixity of Type, and Value to the Stag
• IX. Antlers—II. Form and Development of Antlers In Hill Deer
• X. Antlers—III. Summing and Measurements of Antlers In Hill Deer
• XI. Antlers—IV. Antlers in the Deer Forest : First Principles, Single Season Tenancy, Fencing In Deer Forests, Changes of Blood, Weather And Antlers, Conditions of Life
• XII. Reform in the Deer-Forest—I. A Plea for the Wild Stag
• XIII. Reform in the Deer-Forest—II. The Return of the Woods, the Return of the Cattle, and the Return of the Wild Stag
• XIV. Possible Ideals—The Ideal Forest, Basic Conditions of Hill-Stalking as a Wild Sport
• XV. Deer Forests and Land Reform, the Battle for the Mountains
• Appendix I.—Distribution of the Red Deer at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
• Appendix II.—Do Red Deer Admit of Racial Distinction?