Deer Management Units

alex90

Looks like the 15 deer management units are covering the entire republic. I'd be very worried about this encroaching on the land I've worked hard to get permission on and manage populations.

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/frs-co-op-appoints-coordinators-for-15-deer-management-units/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLaQ6RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjZL1o49LElpCSzZhFsizmqltKmewjrBhr0iLSiJh2NxX3RevWBy76EdbL6U_aem_W6RWcVw_HNU3wMuBnpAtVQ

Gman2021

Afternoon lads,

Anyone heard anything about the DMUs beyond what’s in the papers ? Are they out doing any culls yet ?

Had seen on Fb they were approaching farmer that they had sections for areas already. Just curious as to how they were getting lads in or if it’s essentially whoever the DMU manager knows or through an organisation.

Thanks.

Gman2021

Also in the same boat. Initially thought it was just for problem areas not the entire country

TheEngineer1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058419084/deer-management-units

From reading the article it seems like it's going to be putting landowners with deer problems in touch with local hunters which is absolutely the right way to go about it and could result in more permissions for those that express an interest in it.

I was worried that it would be a case of paying deer managers to do it which would have been tragic but that doesn't seem to be the case so far.

Cautiously optimistic.

Grizzly 45

FRS Co-Op’s role is to help implement deer management in areas of the country that are hotspots for wild deer, and to act as the coordinator between landowners, farm managers, hunters, and other key stakeholders.

In that case we had better be consulted on a local level.I'm puzzled on how this will work in reality.Are the just going to flood an area with guns for X number of days and shoot whatever comes into their sights?In that case it will be an inefficent waste of time and manpower.Or are they going to do drives across land,up hill and down dale into a line of guns?[The most efficent way of culling] I certainly see some "wigs in the green" in the future between stalkers and DMU staff.

otmmyboy2

Mod - merged the two threads together.
Both started at about the same time about the same thing in different forums 😂

macatac

Winners and losers I think....Jobs/hunting for the boys...

Sika98k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123617436#Comment_123617436

Two things, no one can enter onto someone’s land to hunt without the landowners permission.

Secondly, a Section 42 can only be applied for by the landowner.

Perazzi

hi lads any got the names of all the DMU from what I am reading I only got a few names

Every deer hunter should know who they are and make it public I hate all this secrecy if they are going to do something right for once at leat leave deer hunters know what do ye think

Rescueme0007

You're spot on Perazzi, I've been out on quite a few permissions in SW Kerry, West Cork and North East Cork. None of my landowners have heard a peep from the DMU's. Complete silence on how they're to operate or how they intend to promote the culling of deer.😡

Gman2021

I got fed up hearing rumours about DMUs wiping out areas on sections so in July before the season started I rang FRS to find out how the DMUs would operate and who the manager was for my area or if they had any info on them. They couldn’t give me much info (they were just an admin staff answering calls so fully understood) but said they’d contact me when they had more info. I got a call from the deer manager for my area and he essentially told me they were asking hunters to provide the farmers details and lands that they were shooting to create a database of ground.

I just told him that my grounds are fine, they numbers aren’t high and my farmers are happy and that I just didn’t want to find out whatever deer I do have aren’t wiped out by the DMU. He said that the current approach is to build the database first and if that doesn’t work they’d think of a different way.