I currently have about 1500 acres underwater and any kind of stalking is currently out of the question unless you are after fish.
Anyway to answer your question have the floods killed any deer the answer is yes but probably not for the reason you would first think. Deer in my area are getting quite used to these ever increasing poor conditions and simply move to any available higher ground and with the young well grown on now i havent heard any reports of any deer being drowned.
Where the problem arrises is from the farmer on the higher ground ringing his/her resident stalker saying i have never seen so many deer on the farm and they need thinning out , well of course they havent they have probably got every deer for half a mile on thier property that are just trying to avoid the floods.
Most sensible stalkers will know what deer are generaly on their ground and twig what is going on and relay what is happening to the farmer as in reality your resident 5 roe have now quickly become 20 but will return back to 5/6 once the water level recedes and the deer once again disperse back to their normal teritories.
Now some stalkers will be thinking £££££££££££££s to be made here and lets shoot the extra 15 and believe me ive seen it and then are moaning the next season when their resident deer have wandered of to now ocupy the empty extra available space.
Other stalkers not in the brown its down camp will just let them disperse or at most shoot one or two just to keep the farmer happy and on side before resuming back to there normal stalking activities.
Now where did i leave my snorkel and flippers
ATB
RICK O SHEA