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  • 27-02-2011 7:36pm
    #1
    pat25c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭


    are hares protected , i had one in my sights last night then remembered something that i read somewhere that they were protected , wasn't sure so i didn't take the shot and went home empty handed , was i being over cautious.


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  • #2
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    pat25c wrote: »
    are hares protected , i had one in my sights last night then remembered something that i read somewhere that they were protected , wasn't sure so i didn't take the shot and went home empty handed , was i being over cautious.

    They are indeed protected.


  • #3
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    It wasn't me! wrote: »
    They are indeed protected.

    but have a season.


  • #4
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Dusty87 wrote: »
    but have a season.

    But can never be shot at night under a lamp, and as far as I recall are to be shot with a shotgun only.


  • #5
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    It wasn't me! wrote: »
    But can never be shot at night under a lamp, and as far as I recall are to be shot with a shotgun only.

    i know that. but dont bring up the shotgun thing again.


  • #6
    It wasn't me!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭It wasn't me!


    Dusty87 wrote: »
    i know that. but dont bring up the shotgun thing again.

    Was it dealt with before?


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  • #7
    pat25c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭pat25c


    thanks folks , when is the season , winter iam guessing ?


  • #8
    charlie10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭charlie10


    i dont shoot them cause i wouldn eat them and have no use for them so, plus they r another mans sport.


  • #9
    hunterpajero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭hunterpajero


    pat25c wrote: »
    thanks folks , when is the season , winter iam guessing ?
    i think the shooting season of hares is from the 26th of september until the 28th of feburary...


  • #10
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    It wasn't me! wrote: »
    Was it dealt with before?

    Yes, few times. Quick re-cap. Someone says they must be shot with shotgun, someone else says rifle is ok, blah blah, ask for links, cant find links blah blah. I am of the opinion they cant be shot with rifle.


  • #11
    beanie10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 466 ✭✭beanie10


    The rules are not clear wheather shotgun or rifle. Why do you want to shoot one i dont think they harm crops or anything like that.


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  • #12
    kemen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 195 ✭✭kemen


    there a nuisance when the hounds leave cover on a trail of 1!! other than taht there a lovely animal


  • #13
    tfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭tfox


    beanie10 wrote: »
    The rules are not clear wheather shotgun or rifle. Why do you want to shoot one i dont think they harm crops or anything like that.

    You have obviously not seen the damage they can do to young trees, front teeth like a pair of secateurs, will nip the top off many trees in a short time :mad:


  • #14
    bunny shooter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055347349&highlight=shooting+hares

    Among others

    AFAIK only shottie and within allocated season and I never shoot em at all


  • #15
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    beanie10 wrote: »
    The rules are not clear wheather shotgun or rifle. Why do you want to shoot one i dont think they harm crops or anything like that.

    i dont, and didn say i did :confused:. Have never shot one and have no interest in hunting them as they are not a problem. And maybe some people shoot them to eat them? Again somethin iv no interest in but each to their own.


  • #16
    underthetumb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭underthetumb


    i have permission to shoot deer on land where the npws gave the landowner an exemption to shoot the hares on his property, the damage they have caused to young plantation is severe


  • #17
    bunny shooter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    underthetumb wrote: »
    i have permission to shoot deer on land where the npws gave the landowner an exemption to shoot the hares on his property, the damage they have caused to young plantation is severe

    I assume this was in writing?

    Did it specify any restriction eg no rifle?


  • #18
    beanie10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 466 ✭✭beanie10


    Dusty87 wrote: »
    i dont, and didn say i did :confused:. Have never shot one and have no interest in hunting them as they are not a problem. And maybe some people shoot them to eat them? Again somethin iv no interest in but each to their own.
    Sorry i didnt make that clear,The question was for Pat.


  • #19
    pat25c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭pat25c


    for the pot , but like i said but i saw two iam hoping they might be a breeding pair so i'll leave them alone and concentrate on fox's to try and help them out a bit


  • #20
    jap gt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭jap gt


    pat25c wrote: »
    for the pot , but like i said but i saw two iam hoping they might be a breeding pair so i'll leave them alone and concentrate on fox's to try and help them out a bit

    from what i have been told they are not very nice to eat.

    we have a good few around here, but i have no interest in shooting them, love to watch them in the fields, very noble animal imo


  • #21
    pat25c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭pat25c


    never had one before , but my dad used to shoot them when he was a lad , according to him there great to eat , apparently lovely in a stew.


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  • #22
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,873 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    pat25c wrote: »
    , according to him there great to eat , apparently lovely in a stew.

    Delicious as part of a hunters grill too:)


  • #23
    underthetumb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭underthetumb


    bunny shooter wrote: »
    I assume this was in writing?

    Did it specify any restriction eg no rifle?

    dont know that actually, its alive with them, doesnt interest me in shootin them, ate a small bit of one a few years ago and didnt like it.
    i know thee is a lad shootin them for him tho


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