Game estates and guided hunts: Two perspectives on the hunting of red deer

This chapter grew out of an ongoing interest in the way that human geographers conceptualise nature-society relationships and draws on research (in progress) on the hunting of red deer in New Zealand and Scotland. The chapter is largely a descriptive account of how hunting the same animal has helped to shape social and physical processes in two quite different contexts. Following a brief overview of constructionist ideas about nature-society interactions within geography, this chapter will explore how the hunting of red deer has helped to shape the respective social and physical landscapes in Scotland and New Zealand.