Deer stalking in today's Sunday Bussiness Post

Traumadoc

Nice piece about deer stalking with a coillte wildlife manager in Wicklow.

No link yet as it only appears online tomorrow.

Tackleberrywho

Traumadoc wrote: »

Nice piece about deer stalking with a coillte wildlife manager in Wicklow.

No link yet as it only appears online tomorrow.

Have you got access to a scanner?
I'd love to read it before Joe Duffy Does

Traumadoc

No but it's four pages , including photos, good bit about poachers.

Hondata92

Traumadoc wrote: »

No but it's four pages , including photos, good bit about poachers.

Must have a look at it tomorrow

The online edition of the Sunday Business Post now uploads at 10am on Monday.

243Xpress

http://www.thepost.ie/archives/2011/0220/the-deer-hunter-54558.html

It wasn't me!

That's a great article. Really gets to the heart of the issue in a way that the typical short editorial pieces just can't do.

poulo6.5

I suppose we can forgive him for calling the hunting rifle a sniper rifle as he probably didn't know any better. He did correct him self on the silencer/moderator.

Nice read though.

It wasn't me!

poulo6.5 wrote: »

I suppose we can forgive him for calling the hunting rifle a sniper rifle as he probably didn't know any better. He did correct him self on the silencer/moderator.

Nice read though.

Hehe, aye. People see the big can and think it's going to sound like an airgun. Anyone who's heard my rifle with the mod on has been under no illusion as to how big a fallacy that is.

Tackleberrywho

243Xpress wrote: »

http://www.thepost.ie/archives/2011/0220/the-deer-hunter-54558.html

Points I noticed
Shows Fallow in title pic yet shot a Sika
Barry Coad uses a .243:eek: not a .270 or .30-06

I spoke to Barry Coad about 7 years ago, He sounds the same in that article.

I'd love his job for a retirement!

crackcrack30

I Shoot on private permissions, I would love to help coillte out with their deer management but the cost of lease puts it out of my scope (excuse the pun).
IMO coillte leases should be aimed at local licenced hunters who will take owenership & interest in the management of numbers, distruction or dangers posed by the deer, instead of the (sometimes) twice a season trophy hunter with all the latest toys.......
& if I Met (or was asked to assist) a hunting tourist on the lease with the right docs and permission I'd delight in showing him around..

syconerd

this is the kind of news reporting that our sport needs wither it is sporting or hunting, a positive outlook always looks best and not the negative side that we see too often on here
So well done to whoever thought of printing this article

Grizzly 45

Great article..Easily read and understandable to a lay person.
More of same please..
Just one other point..Deer skin is NOT worthless.Ever hear of "Buckskin"??
The leather from a deer is very fine ,thin and expensive.Just a major PITA to make,hence most people wont do it.it is also next to Chamois leather an exellent wipe down and polisher.

beretta686s

my older brother actually went stalking with him years ago said he was a very nice guy .:)

vixdname

Its a nice article - its about time some journalist actually went out with a hunter and witnessed first hand what its all about instead of writing an uninformed sensationalised story about the slaying of innocent deer.

We need more journalists and articles like this to take the dark stains away from what is overall an extremely professional and quarry respectful country pursuit that has been given bad press in the past by the antis.

We need more of this !

323

"Red deer, our only native species, are only found in Kerry."

Live in the North West and could have sworn that was a red hind I shot last week!

But to be fair, a good article, nice to see a well balance article like this. Unfortunatly all too rare.

poulo6.5

323 wrote: »

"Red deer, our only native species, are only found in Kerry."

Live in the North West and could have sworn that was a red hind I shot last week!

But to be fair, a good article, nice to see a well balance article like this. Unfortunatly all too rare.

The Kerry red deer are the only pure native Irish deer. They can be traced back to the last ice age.
There are other red deer in ireland however they have either bin introduced from outside Ireland or inter bread with introduced animals which tainted their lineage.

So yes you may have shot a red deer but most likely not of native lines.