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Six feral deer stand in a field surrounded by a fence and old shed

CCTV camera captures pack of deers sniffing around steel trap.

Image of a man in protective clothing holding a big rack of raw sausages.

Image of two red deers in the woods.

Image of a man wearing a hat smiling at sunset in a paddock.

"It's hard going if you're trying to feed 350 of your own cows and you've got to feed 500 deer as well. It was becoming a bit fruitless,"
he said.

A deer pushes through a wire fence in bush land

Image of a man at night time with a car boot open and a hunting gun.

"They were at their wits end with the deer. They were absolutely sick of them."

Image of a long sausauge rolled into a circle on a tray.

"They're a super clean animal, super healthy,"
he said.

Image of a chef with a plate of cooked sausauges smiling.

Image of steak cooked and chopped up.

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