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A deer looks on before shot by Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A deer looks on before shot by Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

HOLD FOR STORY BY SYLVIA HUI Ben Rigby looks at newly arrived deer carcasses at his venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

HOLD FOR STORY BY SYLVIA HUI Ben Rigby looks at newly arrived deer carcasses at his venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), carries a newly killed deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), carries a newly killed deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

HOLD FOR STORY BY SYLVIA HUI Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), looks for a deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

HOLD FOR STORY BY SYLVIA HUI Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), looks for a deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

FILE- A Stag in rut bellows in early morning mist Bushy Park southwest London, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

FILE- A Stag in rut bellows in early morning mist Bushy Park southwest London, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), aims at a deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), aims at a deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Deer rut in Bushy Park south west London , Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Deer rut in Bushy Park south west London , Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Venison carcasses waiting to be cut up into joints at Ben Rigby's venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Venison carcasses waiting to be cut up into joints at Ben Rigby's venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Deer carcasses are processed by butchers at Ben Rigby's venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Deer carcasses are processed by butchers at Ben Rigby's venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), looks for a deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), looks for a deer in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Deer carcasses hang waiting to be processed and at Ben Rigby's Venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Deer carcasses hang waiting to be processed and at Ben Rigby's Venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A butcher works on a shoulder of venison at Ben Rigby's venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A butcher works on a shoulder of venison at Ben Rigby's venison meat facility in Mundon, England, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), loads a gun for hunting at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), loads a gun for hunting at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A newly killed deer is hung on tree by Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A newly killed deer is hung on tree by Martin Edwards, Head of Deer and Woodland Management at BASC (The British Association for Shooting and Conservation), in a woods at Tichborne, east of Winchester in Hampshire, England, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. Wild deer numbers have dramatically multiplied in recent decades and there are now more deer in England than at any other time in the last 1,000 years, according to the Forestry Commission, the government department looking after England's public woodland.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)