The Sixth Wildlife Crime & Conservation Conference will take place on 17th October 2024 at Johnstown Hotel, Enfield, Co. Meath. To attend the conference, follow the registration instructions on this link https://wri.ie/conferences/wildlife-crime-conference-2024/ This is an exciting and crucial event, to engage in interactive sessions, hear from international speakers, and discuss strategies for tackling these issues head-on. The Irish Deer Commission will be …
It’s autumn and in our forests and across our mountains, tensions are rising as the rutting or deer breeding season gets under way, the time of the year when male deer are driven by an urge to reproduce. From late September until early November the clash of antlers will be heard as males show off …
Join the Irish Deer Commission on their Red Deer Rut Watch event in Killarney National Park, County Kerry on Sunday October 13th. The breeding season for wild deer known as the “rut” is one of the highlights of the wildlife calendar as stags roars out to their competitors and battle like gladiators for the right …
Data released by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to the Irish Deer Commission show 78,175 wild deer were culled in the 12-month period up February 28th, 2023. The cull sets a record for the number of wild deer culled, up 41% from the previous record set in 2022 when 55,008 deer were culled. Hunters must …
Public consultation on review and update of Wildlife Legislation A RESPONSE to an invitation by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage issued on 27th, June 2024. Compiled by The Irish Deer Commission on behalf of its Executive and Membership 09 September 2024 1: INTRODUCTION The National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of …
As expected, we received notification of the changes to the Open Deer Seasons today to take immediate effect for the 2023/24 Open Deer Season. The changes are as follows: The 2023/24 open season for female deer and antlerless deer will finish on March 31st, 2024, with the 2024/25 open season beginning on November 1st, 2024, …
New Deer Hunting Licence Online Portal for the 2024/25 Open Season! The National Parks & Wildlife Service are launching a new online portal for deer hunting licence applications for the 2024/25 Open Season, this will replace paper and email applications. The Irish Deer Commission will engage in a stakeholder testing process of the new portal, …
Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food, and the Marine Wednesday, 13th December 2023 Eradication of Bovine TB and the Irish Deer Management Strategy Group Submission from the Irish Deer Commission Dear Chairman, Deputies, Senators, The Irish Deer Commission is a respected NGO with a national membership from all deer management sectors …
The Irish Deer Commission is an active member of the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime in Ireland (PAW Ireland) which brings together statutory and non-statutory agencies and interested parties with the common goal of combating wildlife crime through publicity, education and campaigning. We have come together to fight these crimes in Ireland and to …
How to get started in Deer Hunting in Ireland – Free User Guide To legally hunt deer in the Republic of Ireland you need two things: a firearm license, which will allow you to buy and use a rifle, and a deer hunting license issued by the National Park and Wildlife Service. But, to get them, there are …