Irish Deer Commission - have your say on proposed deer management changes!

Deer Management in Ireland - Survey

The Irish Deer Commission have received a request from Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, regarding proposed changes to deer management in Ireland, before we make a detailed submission we would like to hear your views, please take 5 minutes to complete our short survey before 5pm on Monday January 30th.

The questions in this survey are not our stated or proposed position on deer management in Ireland, but merely a discussion document to allow members have an input into our deer management submission.

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* 1. Are you a member of the Irish Deer Commission? www.irishdeercommission.ie/membership

Yes

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* 2. Should the current open Deer Hunting seasons change? Select one or more answers from the list below

If Yes, should the season for female deer open earlier and close earlier?

If Yes, should the season for female deer open earlier and close later?

If Yes, should the season for female deer open later, and close earlier?

If Yes, should the season for female deer open later, and close later?

If Yes, should the season for male deer open earlier and close earlier?

If Yes, should the season for male deer open earlier and close later?

If Yes, should the season for male deer open later, and close earlier?

If Yes, should the season for male deer open later, and close later?

Other

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* 3. Should the closed hunting season for native Irish Red Deer in County Kerry remain closed?

Yes

No View

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* 4. Should any of our three deer species (Red, Fallow, Sika) be classified as an invasive species?

No View

If Yes, Fallow deer

If Yes, Sika deer

If Yes, Red deer

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* 5. Do you believe government and the relevant agencies should do more to promote the consumption of wild venison?

Yes

No View

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* 6. Do you believe government should offer contracted, licensed and controlled culling of wild deer in areas where populations are proven to be excessive and not controlled by traditional deer stalking methods?

Yes

No view

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* 7. Should government introduce legislation that allows its contractors to control wild deer where a landowner refuses to do so?

Yes

No view

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* 8. Do you believe local deer management iniatives such as local deer management groups inclusive of all stakeholders, all licensed hunters, and sporting rights owners is a good idea?

Yes

No view

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* 9. Would you support the idea of community deer larders to promote local deer management?

Yes

No view

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* 10. What concerns do you have about deer stalking and deer management in Ireland

Deer Poaching

Lack of Government support for deer management and conservation

Low deer management knowledge among deer stalkers

Low deer management knowledge among land users and general public

Misleading and negative media coverage about

All of the above

No concerns

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* 11. Should all deer hunting licence holders have mandatory deer management training? (currently just first time applications since 2022)

Yes

No view

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* 12. Do the current Wildlife Acts support modern deer management seen in other countries, such as the use of mouth blown deer calls to attract deer, hand held thermal technology to identify or count deer, etc

Yes

No View

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* 13. Are deer numbers in the area(s) you manage deer?

Increasing

Decreasing

No change

Not sure

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* 14. The deer you cull, do you?

Consume yourself, family, friends?

Sell all carcase to an Approved Game Handling Establishment?

Sell some carcase to an Approved Game Handling Establishment?

No view

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* 15. Do Coillte support responsible deer management on their properties?

Yes

No view

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* 16. Tell us about you? In case we need to contact you for further information. Individual answers or data will not be published, and all data will be treated as set out in our Data Protection Policy available on www.irishdeercommission.ie

What is your email address?

What county do you live in?

Are you a deer stalker?

Any other comments?