Shooting Forum - Firearms licencing information

idnkph · 2013-12-08 20:05:03

so was out walking with the kids in a wood in meath today. Came across a deer trail so followed it. lots of tracks off it into dense bush with small holes made for entry. Now i thought there was only red deer in meath which are rather large. But these holes made iinto the undergrowth i had to get down on my knees to get…

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#32 04-01-2014 11:44PM
Tawny Owl

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welsummer wrote: »

I have shot a good few of these reds in Meath, but have since given up shooting them. they are just too big to handle and you need specialised equipment. I still have permission on the same ground to shoot them. they run along the forested edge of the Boyne and travel a good distance and are not always on the same ground and they could be gone for a week or more. The farmer would give me a ring when he seen them and any that I shot he would have to lift into the trailer with the front forks of the tractor. even pulling one on a flat grassy field is heart attack stuff.https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/202681/283931.jpg

Was at that area this Morning left Kildare at 5.15am this Morning walked a permission I just got with a relative of mine, and may I say the hoof prints are massive, and like you say the Farmer is saying there on the land every day, but this cant be, as in this weather they will stay in the local woods, would you move out in this stormy weather?.They may be seen today and no sign for a week, but you will not drag one of these Deer off the land with the size of the hoof prints we saw, we have the use of a Quad which I have access to from the back of a van so I leave the jeep behind when off we go, I am still waiting on the Deer Hunting Licence, but he was delighted that I also introduced him to the Famer. He walked the land showing me where to stand, and also what trees to work around depending on wind. or stand beside if needed. this man has 40 years shooting Deer, and I had a great day.:D:D. If you would like to meet up let me know it will benefit all of us.

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