Foreshore licence

elius

Still waiting on mine and at this rate you feckers will have them(ducks) all gone :p:p
Anyone else in the same position?
Cheers

endasmail

yea......... ME

landkeeper

don't worry lads there will be plenty of ducks on the lakes once we get a bit of cold weather in dec

Grizzly 45

Not to cold mind.
Otherwise we can write off another four weeks of hunting due to the stupid "cold weather ban":rolleyes::rolleyes:Feck sake the Continent gets colder Winters almost as a norm.Norway,Sweden,Finland the "winter" we had is shorts and T shirt weather to those lads..:eek:and no one has ever heard of a cold weather ban.Half the EU wouldnt be able hunt if this was an accepted policy.

1squidge

The reason there was a cold weather ban is because of the exceptional cold weather Ireland was facing. There was an extreme shortage of food due to the snow and ice. In the wintertime Birds migrate from northern countries to get away from their harsh winters. They come to countries like Ireland because we are supposed to have a milder climate which didnt transpire last winter. This meant that all bird species were struggling to survive. To carry on hunting these birds would have just added to the stress the birds were under. It was a welfare issue aswell and the hunting organisations seen what was happening and rightly took the decision to have a ban without government intervention. Before anybody calls me a fluffy bunny loveing tree hugger I shoot aswell but I have respect for the wildlife around me.

landkeeper

pity someone didn't tell that to the italian shooters a tw*t near here brings in every week through the season , they kept shooting right through the ban

terminator2

our club imposed a ban before the government called for it ,as did a lot of clubs

CJhaughey

landkeeper wrote: »

pity someone didn't tell that to the italian shooters a tw*t near here brings in every week through the season , they kept shooting right through the ban

If you saw them shooting you should have got your local NPWS Ranger involved. It was a legal stoppage not just a voluntary one.

landkeeper

oh we tried that before all you get from mr spagetti is me no spaeaka da english etc etc etc last year was the first time in about 10 years they were back it's now a local lad a school teacher ffs who is bringing them in as paying shooters he farms them out to local bb and collects them in a minibus and drops them off at various places some with permission some without :mad:

brianfrancis45

Lads,

Can you please let me know what form you have to fill in and who you have to send it to to apply for a Foreshore License, as I'm hoping to do a bit of duck shooting this season.

Also I understand that you have to list the areas where you intend to shoot but that you can put down as many areas as you want. Do you have to list each specific area or can you just put the counties e.g. Cork, Kerry, Limerick ... ?

Thanks

Tackleberrywho

brianfrancis45 wrote: »

Lads,

Can you please let me know what form you have to fill in and who you have to send it to to apply for a Foreshore License, as I'm hoping to do a bit of duck shooting this season.

Also I understand that you have to list the areas where you intend to shoot but that you can put down as many areas as you want. Do you have to list each specific area or can you just put the counties e.g. Cork, Kerry, Limerick ... ?

Thanks

http://www.npws.ie/en/media/NPWS/Publications/Legaldocs/Media,3685,en.pdf

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056008822

brianfrancis45

Thanks v. much Tack - very helpful. I'm filling out the form now and will get it off asap. The only thing I'm unsure about is the bit to be filled in under '' Please specify
location(s) where you propose to hunt'' - can I just list the counties I'm interested in or do I have to be much more specific than that ?

Tackleberrywho

brianfrancis45 wrote: »

Thanks v. much Tack - very helpful. I'm filling out the form now and will get it off asap. The only thing I'm unsure about is the bit to be filled in under '' Please specify
location(s) where you propose to hunt'' - can I just list the counties I'm interested in or do I have to be much more specific than that ?

I'd put down eg kerry killarney lakes. (or all lakes you intend to shoot)

AFAIK they just use it to asses the amount of hunters in an area and use it when they monitor bird numbers as an indication of population strength

call Ballybay if unsure, the lovely ladies up there are very helpful when filling out forms

brianfrancis45

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

I'd put down eg kerry killarney lakes. (or all lakes you intend to shoot)

AFAIK they just use it to asses the amount of hunters in an area and use it when they monitor bird numbers as an indication of population strength

call Ballybay if unsure, the lovely ladies up there are very helpful when filling out forms

I just spoke to one of the guys at Ballybay who said all I have to do is to list the counties ( rather than specific areas within those counties) that I wish to shoot in . He also said that rather than posting the application I could also fax it to them which I have just done, so heres hoping that they don't take too long to procees it !

Tackleberrywho

brianfrancis45 wrote: »

I just spoke to one of the guys at Ballybay who said all I have to do is to list the counties ( rather than specific areas within those counties) that I wish to shoot in . He also said that rather than posting the application I could also fax it to them which I have just done, so heres hoping that they don't take too long to procees it !

As I said, ballybay are very helpful.;)

Good to know counties are only required

johngalway

Well, I received my first foreshore license this morning in the post

Odd thing, I applied for four Western counties and got three and neither of the lakes I listed are mentioned

The county I can miss, the lakes I may get a shot on at some stage, are they left off out of routine or was I unlucky?

terminator2

http://www.npws.ie/en/media/NPWS/Publications/Legaldocs/Media,3685,en.pdf heres the application form and the list of lakes

elius

johngalway wrote: »

Well, I received my first foreshore license this morning in the post

Odd thing, I applied for four Western counties and got three and neither of the lakes I listed are mentioned

The county I can miss, the lakes I may get a shot on at some stage, are they left off out of routine or was I unlucky?

HHmm if mine dont come next week ill have to chase them up.... Really love the duck...

johngalway

elius wrote: »

HHmm if mine dont come next week ill have to chase them up.... Really love the duck...

We applied around the same time I think?

elius

johngalway wrote: »

We applied around the same time I think?

yey think so hopefully come on monday...

wildfowler94

elius wrote: »

yey think so hopefully come on monday...

Mine Never Came Yet Either!! Still Got Out The 1st !!;)

Dusty87

johngalway wrote: »

We applied around the same time I think?

So did me and you last year john and you never heard anything back.
Eluis, i got some nice ground beside the Brosna if your interested whilst waiting for the for shore

johngalway

Dusty87 wrote: »

So did me and you last year john and you never heard anything back.
Eluis, i got some nice ground beside the Brosna if your interested whilst waiting for the for shore

No, I don't know wtf happened last year.

elius

Dusty87 wrote: »

So did me and you last year john and you never heard anything back.
Eluis, i got some nice ground beside the Brosna if your interested whilst waiting for the for shore

Might have to take ya up on the lad dont seem to be getting to far with the other crowd Thanks for the offer!:)

tfox

terminator2 wrote: »

http://www.npws.ie/en/media/NPWS/Publications/Legaldocs/Media,3685,en.pdf heres the application form and the list of lakes

Why do you only need the foreshore licence for certain lakes ...? Is it that you dont need one for others or that you're not allowed to hunt them.....?

johngalway

tfox wrote: »

Why do you only need the foreshore licence for certain lakes ...? Is it that you dont need one for others or that you're not allowed to hunt them.....?

The lakes mentioned are State owned. Perhaps other lakes are privately owned.

elius

Arrived this morning in the post. Not only did i get the lake's i asked for i got all the rest in the country aswell wont complain. Now time to buy some decoys:)