Alan to shoot a deer on most land in Scotland(UK wide)you must seek permission from the owner. You will be committing an offence otherwise. The value of deer stalking to be let to the paying public on a tract of peat bog, water, rock and fresh air otherwise known as a Highland estate is often the difference between financial survival and disaster. Not all estates have a whisky distillery, quarry, hotel, to help make ends meet.

Most, if not all, Highland estates are subsidised by the owner to a massive amount. Why own an Estate in the highlands? Well for all the things that we have said here why we love Scotland and also the chance for the owner to treat himself, his friends and family to live a dream for perhaps a month.

The Monarch of the Glen TV program is oh so right in describing the shortage of money to run the "big house" and the lifestyle. So the more deer an estate has, the more money the estate can earn by letting the deer stalking and selling the venison. Mind you the cost of running a deer stalking enterprise is considerable, so it is not all profit.