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Mar. 31 The Deer That Had To Die: The hard of deer in the New Forest have to be thinned out every year in their own interests. And death comes quickly, humanely. Actually, the deer in the pictures was a victim of his own folly. He was shot beauties he was destroying young tress and the rest of the hard had to be discouraged from following suit.Usually only the gamed sick or weak members of herd are killed when herds areulled. The maksman was Fred Cartier, the Forest Commission Game Warden for England and Wales. His job to train staler, and he says that killing deer is the least pleasant the counting work. The Stalkers are now entering the counting season, when herds are assessed and decisions taken on how many must die. Mr. Courtier, bearded, and 38 years old, explained yesterday. The number of deer in the forest would increase by a third if we didn't control them every year. Herds are culled for their own protection as well as the preservation of trees. Otherwise they would eat all the available food, damage crops and young trees - and then starve to death. Stalkers count and shoot - from a perch in a tree or from specially -built high seats 15ft. above the ground. This way they cannot be seented by the deer and if a bullet should pass through an animal it wouldmbed itself harmlessly in the ground. Victims, apart from the three-destroyers, are selected for death according to the condition of their antlers. For if a deer has been injured by a car or a gun, the antler on side too, indicate age. Mr. Courtier chooses his team of stalkers with care. Photo shows A humane end - for the deer that had to die

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