Just to be clear, we are not talking about a closed herd behind a fence. The gene pool is limited in the sense the stag holds a hareem for a number of years and fends off competing stags during that time.

A sustainable cull plan will therefore target a proportion of young, middle-aged and old deer, as well as females. The large stags are fewest in number and therefore fewer are culled in the overall plan, and they make the highest price because trophy hunters are willing to pay.

The comment about the UK being just a big park is wrong - the vast majority of deer are free-ranging and not in enclosures - and the part about wilderness is naive. I would urge you to come to the UK to experience the excellent hunting that is on offer - be it highland red deer or lowland woodland stalking.