About Us
Trusted Deer Management, Training and Verification
Our
Qualifications
& Experience
With over 20 years of deer management experience across the UK and Europe, we provide professional Deer Impact Assessments, Deer Management Plans, monitoring programmes and practical management solutions.
Our team’s qualifications include DSC Level 3, Advanced Deer Managers, PDS Approved Verifiers, DSC Accredited Witnesses and LANTRA Approved Assessors. We support landowners, farms, estates and woodland managers with evidence based deer management, grant support and long term management planning.
Qualifications and Industry Expectations
Many landowners, estates and organisations now expect deer managers to hold recognised qualifications and demonstrate professional competence.
Our team delivers and verifies recognised qualifications and assessments while also supporting candidates undertaking Night Shooting and Professional Development qualifications relevant to modern deer management goals
This combination of operational experience and assessment expertise helps ensure management recommendations remain practical, proportionate and aligned with recognised industry standards.
Training & Verification
An increasing number of stalkers are choosing to complete recognised qualifications such as PDS1, PDS2 or DSC equivalents, both to demonstrate competence and to meet the expectations of landowners and the wider industry.
If you are looking to progress your skills or formalise your experience, we provide straightforward training and verification delivered in a practical, real-world context in affiliation with The Shooting and Hunting Academy.
Our Team
We are professional deer managers with over 20 years of experience across farmland, woodland and mixed-use land in the UK, with additional experience in Europe.
Alongside operational work, we provide training and verification for recognised qualifications, including PDS1, PDS2 and DSC2. We deliver LANTRA-approved assessments, ensuring candidates are assessed against the standards required in the field.
We also assess candidates undertaking night shooting qualifications, supporting progression towards eligibility under the CL55 licence.
