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Stag fright: new threat to an icon

Protests as new rules pave the way to extend open season for shooting male deer By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor

OPEN season is about to be declared on Scotland's national icon, the Monarch of the Glen. You might think that this will please the chaps with guns and tweeds who like nothing better than bagging a stag. But you'd be wrong.