Game Management Scotland Limited

06/12/2025

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01/09/2025

Nice stag for one of our lads today!

Wishing all our syndicates a good rut! 🌲🦌

06/02/2024

We manage the sport stalking and the commercial culling on over 200,000 acres of hill and woodland across Scotland, running the largest deer syndicate in the UK.

Very shortly we will be renewing a large percentage of the recreational ground, land which does not require commercial culling due to the tree crop being past the point of serious damage risk from deer.

Contact our factor David at Field Sports Scotland to enquire further. 🌲🦌

13/01/2024

Be quick! 🌲🦌

So limited Syndicate places this year as most are renewing.

I have 2 places available on a small 350 acre block near Bonar Bridge in the Highlands. It has been productive for those that have been on it in the past even though it is a small block it is part of a larger forest network. Red , Roe and Sika available. There are 5 members in total on this block price £650 plus Vat = £720

1 place on a 1000+ acre near Inverness , large clearfells and replant and good road network as well as easy access on site. Red Roe and Sika present, no deer fences so deer come and go as they please, 5 members in total on the block £1750 plus Vat = £2100

1 place available on a Sika block, 4 members in total good rides throughout and paths etc. Produces a good number of Sika per year , around 400acres 5 minutes from the A9 just north of Inverness . £1500 plus Vat

All wood require the following

DSC , Insurance up to £10m and a big deer calibre on a valid FAC

Booking is via an online calendar and leases run from 1st April to 31st March. Deer to be shot within season and in daylight hours (1hour before sunrise 1 hour after sunset)

Call me 07415 723 492 for more information.

15/10/2023

Change to licensing on Male Deer.

From 21 October, the close season - the period of the year when killing of deer is not permitted – will be removed for all species of male deer in Scotland. This change to the law was passed by the Scottish Parliament last month and was a recommendation of the independent Deer Working Group (DWG).

Deer are an iconic species but their high numbers and lack of natural predators mean they can have a negative impact on biodiversity. This change is one of several Deer Working Group recommendations the Scottish Government is taking forward to reach sustainable deer numbers and tackle the climate/nature crises.

From 21 October practitioners no longer need to apply to us for an out of season authorisation to shoot male deer. Culling male deer out of season will not be compulsory and land managers/stalkers can continue to observe traditional close seasons. Female deer seasons remain unchanged.

The Scottish Parliament has also approved changes to the law relating to the fi****ms and ammunition that can be used for deer management. These changes are expected to come into effect by Nov 3. For more information, see: https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/protected-areas-and-species/licensing/species-licensing-z-guide/deer/deer-authorisations

Net Zero Scotland BASC Scotland The British Deer Society - Official Scottish Gamekeepers Association SGA Scottish Land & Estates Wild Deer Best Practice Guides Forestry and Land Scotland

15/07/2023

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Stalking prices for this season

So I don't charge trophy fees.

Roe deer with no guarantees
Bucks , £150 for a morning or evening

Does £90 morning or evening

Sika stags £200 for a mor ing or evening , £400 whole day

Sika Hinds £100 morning or evening £200 for the day

Red Stags £300 morning or evening £600 for the whole

Reds Hinds £150 morning or evening £300 for the day

All prices are per person and include picking up and dropping off near Inverness

No shot or trophy fees.

I retain carcass but can sell for £2 per kilo

I don't prepare trophies you can have heads for free to take away if chosen, I have nowhere to prepare trophies anymore

01/01/2023

Happy New Year to all our contractors and stalkers, lease renewal time is coming up so make sure you contact David Field Sports Scotland very soon. 95% of the slots are alreat taken. 🌲🦌

26/06/2022

Culling operations take place year round across our Forests, at this time of year it is stags which are marauding young tree plantations.

I've been in the culling business for 35 years or so and in that time I have encountered most aspects of the job and all of the challenges involved, these would include the conflicts of interest, the Deer welfare, the Estate & Forestry management diva's, Forestry & Land Scotlands vision, SNH's position, you name it I've seen it.

I've worked with the best and worst controllers, i've seen the S*** talkers, those that think they can commercially cull deer, the rec stalkers who think they know it all but live in London, those that went to view woodlands and reported no deer present where we then culled 120 deer.

I could go on, but I wont, much as I am tempted to.

Anyway, here we are, no one even comes close to doing what we do, managing deer over 200,000 acres of Scotland, from the furthest corners of the western isles, to Thurso, to Peterhead to Braemar and Oban, we have a huge team of sport stalkers and a very small team of cullers who do 90% of the cull annually.

Culls vary each year as do the locations & dynamics as the plantations grow past deer damage height, there is a queue for sport stalking which is managed by David at Field Sports Scotland, renewals are done only once per annum generally in Jan/Feb so get in touch with David in plenty time.

Have a great Stag season and i'll leave you with this image from yesterday courtesy of two of our top controllers working out in Ross-Shire. 🌲🦌

27/01/2022

Not many updates on here! Busy🤣

We are still culling on restocks etc and flat out with every aspect of the forestry & deer businesses.

David at Field Sports Scotland is currently renewing all our recreational stalking grounds, we have a huge number of stalkers engaged with us on syndicate leases, there is also the chance as many do to secure stalking annually on your own, we have a number of people who elected to purchase whole leases from us instead of sharing with others.

I could not tell you if Dave does or doesnt have slots but now is the time to contact him if you are after stalking! 🌲🚜

11/10/2021

Back in August I asked my eldest Daughter if there was anything she really wanted to do in the holidays… her response was to go stalking!

So this morning we went for it, it was evident early on that the sika & red were going for gold rutting and after a good stalk in we lay for twenty minutes with stags running everywhere, roaring all around us and some passing within 90 yards.

Soon a mature but poor headed beast presented, chasing 3 other young stags about, he pushed them right up the bank towards us and all 4 were despatched.

Safe to say Alycia had an amazing morning, I defy anyone not to get excited when you are lying undetected in the midst of so many stags roaring around you! 🌲🦌

25/09/2021

Commercial and Rec stalking has been very busy, our syndicate members have had a lot of good Sika and Red stags,the Sika rut is in full swing, no action from Reds on our ground yet but a few larger beasts are breaking away from all male groups🌲🦌

11/07/2021

Plenty deer about, many thanks to syndicate members for sending in their photo’s from our sites across Scotland! 🌲🚜