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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Farnboro John" data-source="post: 1409237" data-attributes="member: 36432">1.  I agree Lynx should be reintroduced.  It doesn't matter whether Lynx can take adult Roe Deer, they will take young and exert pressure on the population at that point instead.2.  Easy to say, the Sikas may not by so easy to catch!  If you really want them gone shooting is the answer, humans have an excellent record of exterminating species with guns.  Re catching, ditto Red Deer of course.  In any case, East Anglian lowland Red Deer would probably do better in some of the areas you mention.  There are already Red Deer in Wales.  Don't know about Bowland but they are at Leighton Moss so I suspect they may well be in the area at low density.3.   Trophy hunting targets prime breeding males and does not therefore constitute an appropriate culling mechanism.  In addition how are you going to force cheapness on sporting estates (i.e. where all the deer presently are)?  Additionally, if you make it cheap are you going to get competent hunters or a rash of poorly shot suffering wounded beasts?Back to the drawing board I think.John</blockquote>