The sheer scale of Atholl is reflected in an annual cull of 320 stags and 950 hinds. Queen Mary attended a driven hunt at Atholl in 1563 that accounted for 360 deer and five wolves.Įven today, the estate is huge, covering 145,000 acres, with 80,000 acres of open hill. This is an ancient deer forest - and here I use ‘forest’ in its original sense of a hunting preserve, rather than woodland. The Forest of Atholl, in Highland Perthshire, would certainly be on my list. But if so, where are the best places for stalking in Scotland? Yet money is a renewable resource, whereas time is not, so perhaps I should go to the hill for a stag while I still can. These days, I tend to stalk hinds, for budgetary reasons. I have to admit that I haven’t shot a red stag for years.
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