http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/417/scheduleThe Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011Regulatory impact assessmentenANIMALS;DEER2026-08-07Statute Law Database2011-11-23 The effect of this Order is to fix the periods during which it as an offence under section 5 of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”) to take or wilfully kill or injure a deer of the species and sex specified in the Schedule. It revokes and replaces the Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 1984. The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011Sch.The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011art. 1The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 2011sch. TableThe Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023art. 2(2)art. 1 SCHEDULE Article 2

Species	Sex	Periods
Fallow deer (Damadama)	Male	1st May to 31st July
	Female	16th February to 20th October
Red deer (Cervuselaphus)	Male	21st October to 30th June
	Female	16th February to 20th October
Red/Sika deer hybrid	Male	21st October to 30th June
	Female	16th February to 20th October
Roe deer (Capreoluscapreolus)	Male	21st October to 31st March
	Female	1st April to 20th October
Sika deer (Cervusnippon)	Male	21st October to 30th June
	Female	16th February to 20th October

Sch. in force at 1.1.2012, see art. 1