Rory Putman

Rory Putman’s 2024 book, British Deer and Their Management: A Personal Reflection, synthesizes 50 years of experience to cover the ecology of UK deer species and the evolution of management strategies. The work addresses complex, modern management challenges and highlights that environmental impacts are not exclusively tied to population density.

James A. Swan

In this book, Swan posits that modern society's alienation from the natural world can be repaired by acknowledging the instinctual roots of the hunt. He suggests that when conducted with deep reverence, hunting is not merely about killing animals but about understanding the profound relationship between predator and prey.

Mary Zeiss Stange

A seminal work that challenges the long-standing cultural and academic divide between women as nurturers and men as aggressive hunters. As an experienced hunter and professor of religion and women's studies, Stange argues that women have always been part of the hunting tradition, both historically and in modern times

Jon Fletcher

A campaigning autobiography by John Fletcher. Originally published in 2000, it details his life-long obsession with deer, from his early veterinary research on the Isle of Rum to his pioneering work establishing Europe’s first commercial deer farm in Fife, Scotland.

Louise Gray

This investigative book by environmental journalist Louise Gray, originally published in 2016, explores the moral and environmental complexities of meat consumption through a unique experiment: for one entire year, Gray vowed to eat only meat from animals she had personally killed or caught

David Petersen

A renowned collection of 41 personal essays edited by David Petersen that explores the ethics, motivations, and spiritual connections involved in hunting.

Marco Apollonio, Reidar Andersen & Rory Putman

An academic synthesis exploring the ecological roles and practical management of large herbivores in Europe. It addresses the complex balance between the biological needs of species like red deer, roe deer, and wild boar, and the socioeconomic challenges they present in human-dominated landscapes.

Erika Howsare

The book explores the paradoxes of how we perceive deer in the 21st century; alternating between viewing them as beloved icons of the wilderness and ubiquitous pests in suburban landscapes. Howsare weaves together historical research, mythology, and modern reportage to trace this connection from ancient cave paintings to current ecological challenges.

Charles Smith - Jones

Lavishly illustrated throughout in full colour, the guide looks at deer evolution, biology and lifestyles in general before covering each of the fifty-five true deer, seven musk deer and ten chevrotain species as well as their subspecies in more detail with photographs, general information and distribution maps.

David Petersen

Nationally acclaimed nature writer and veteran outdoorsman David Petersen takes a clear-eyed look at humans and hunting, and reaches conclusions sure to challenge everyone's preconceptions. He draws clear distinctions between true hunting and contemporary hunter behavior, praising what's right about the former and damning what's wrong with the latter.