I personally think your views on fallow deer are very much blown out of contense, I've hunted deer for over 55 years,I have studied their habbits and their impact on the land, I have had 12 to 14 deer feeding on a 12 acre paddock for over a long period of time ,it is hard to see any damage done by their grazing,yes may be a couple of holes dug in the dirt but no other damage,as for damaging waterways no worse than sheep,as for damage to fences no worse than roo and Wallaby,which by the way creat the holes in fences,I feel you view is to condemn our deer for a political stunt and to help farmers and graziers extract more assistance from the government,the more preasure you place on deer the greater they will spread into safer areas,Brian Murphy came out here to organise a game management program and it started to have some real success,the deer were more or less contained in their normal areas of the state,but then in the governments wisdom it all changed so blame the people in Government departments for the situation we face now