At a meeting on 4th January, 1955, the Council considered the Report of the Committee on Close Seasons for Red Deer in Scotland. The attitude of the Society towards the Report was defined as follows:—

1. The Society supports the majority report of the Close Seasons Committee with its recommendations for close seasons, classification of deer as game, formation of regional Deer Control Boards, restrictions on the acceptance and release of venison into and out of cold storage during the close season, appropriate fines for offenders and the extermination of marauding deer and of deer which have moved into areas where they cannot be tolerated.