Hello, and welcome to The Wiltshire Deer Co.

My name is Jay Hopkinson, founder of The Wiltshire Deer Co.

Born in Lancashire, my Dad placed an air-rifle in my hands on my 9^th birthday – taught me the rules and principles and I’ve never looked back. A childhood spent outdoors shooting, ferreting (I have two) and fishing led naturally into work as an apprentice gamekeeper in Shropshire.  I joined the Army in 1999 and I am still serving to this day.

I am not in the business of trophy hunting. I carry out Deer Management and supply venison. I also offer clients a hunting experience where they assist me. Under my supervision they will target animals that are on an agreed cull plan.

I offer end-to-end Deer Management where animals are kept in a sustainable balance within their habitat. The culled animals are then lovingly processed into wonderful, tasty, low-fat, high protein cuts of meat, packaged and delivered the customer’s door. 

Those customers will have a connection with their food like no other; they will know the species, sex and age of the animal, the location it came from as well as knowing it enjoyed a free and natural life and met a swift and humane end blissfully unaware it was being hunted.

Thank you for reading,