Legality of Shooting Hares

woody

What is the legal posistion on shooting wild hares as on some licenses it states this cannot be done ??

Sparks

I thought hares were a protected species?

woody

Me too, As there is a proposed cull where I work ????

I am going to check with the Law......

Rovi

They're a protected species with an 'Open Season', 26 September to 28 February, according to the NARGC- http://www.nargc.ie/seasons.htm

Here's the Wildlife Act, 1976, if you want some light bedtime reading-
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA39Y1976.html

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macnas

Protected or not, it tends to be frowned upon in most parts.

PAIMEI

Hare stew is actually quiet tasty, but its a messy job cleaning them out. Not sure about it being frowned upon because hares can do a lot of damage to new trees, they have a habit of biting off new leaves and thus killing the tree. The reason that a lot of people dont shoot hares as that if you start shooting hares in front of a dog they'll start to hunt them and you end up with your dog chasing hares for miles unless you manage to shoot it before it gets away.

Clare gunner

PAIMEI wrote:

Hare stew is actually quiet tasty, but its a messy job cleaning them out. Not sure about it being frowned upon because hares can do a lot of damage to new trees, they have a habit of biting off new leaves and thus killing the tree. The reason that a lot of people dont shoot hares as that if you start shooting hares in front of a dog they'll start to hunt them and you end up with your dog chasing hares for miles unless you manage to shoot it before it gets away.

Hare stew???jugged or roast loin of hare is delicious.Clean out like a rabbit.
Dogs chasing hares ,question of training them proprly.Let them chase for awhile,they will soon cop it that chasing a hare is a useless waste of time.They do indeed do alot of damage to plantations,next to deer they are the second threat to young plantations.

scout

o that is a hare i just saw the head of a rabbit,,

but what is the status do you need a game licence i think you do

recipio

leave them to your local coursing club . It is frowned upon because it brings bad luck with the little people.

PAIMEI

Isnt there a story about Cuchullain or Fionn Mac Chuaill chasing a witch and the witch turning into a hare, it was one of a witches powers that she could turn herself into a hare, its meant to explain the noises a dying hare will make too, the horrible squeals similar to a baby crying.. As for the hare stew, thats what I was always told it was as a child, I'd imagine its similar to jugged hare, just a less posh way of naming it..

Clare gunner

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QUOTE=PAIMEI]Isnt there a story about Cuchullain or Fionn Mac Chuaill chasing a witch and the witch turning into a hare, it was one of a witches powers that she could turn herself into a hare, its meant to explain the noises a dying hare will make too, the horrible squeals similar to a baby crying..

Yea,it is a Fionn Mac Chuaill story.That can be found in Germanic lore as well as pre Roman legends.[Belive it was Diana,goddess of the hunt that was able to do this??]
It was considerd as well to be a witches trick to be able to change herself into a hare as well.Proably a hangover from Roman times .Hence the hare is always referred to in England male or female as "she" or "Sally".