The utilization of abandoned rural areas for deer raising and hunting is a new type of agrosilvopastoral system worth considering for private and public landowners and also for agricultural and environmental policies. It may guarantee the conservation of traditional landscapes and the achievement of a certain level of socio-economic activity that is necessary for rural development. However, its profitability has led to intensification through fencing and sometimes artificial feeding. High stocking rates, periods of hunger due to shortage of fresh fodder (summer and sometimes winter) and the inability to control browsing result in the lack of regeneration and the degradation of woody vegetation. This paper analyses the dynamics and sustainability of this new agrosilvopastoral system.