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Irish Deer Commission - have your say on proposed deer management changes!

Deer Management in Ireland - Survey

The Irish Deer Commission have received a request from Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, regarding proposed changes to deer management in Ireland, before we make a detailed submission we would like to hear your views, please take 5 minutes to complete our short survey before 5pm on Monday January 30th. 

The questions in this survey are not our stated or proposed position on deer management in Ireland, but merely a discussion document to allow members have an input into our deer management submission. 
1.Are you a member of the Irish Deer Commission? www.irishdeercommission.ie/membership
2.Should the current open Deer Hunting seasons change? Select one or more answers from the list below
3.Should the closed hunting season for native Irish Red Deer in County Kerry remain closed?
4.Should any of our three deer species (Red, Fallow, Sika) be classified as an invasive species?
5.Do you believe government and the relevant agencies should do more to promote the consumption of wild venison?
6.Do you believe government should offer contracted, licensed and controlled culling of wild deer in areas where populations are proven to be excessive and not controlled by traditional deer stalking methods?
7.Should government introduce legislation that allows its contractors to control wild deer where a landowner refuses to do so?
8.Do you believe local deer management iniatives such as local deer management groups inclusive of all stakeholders, all licensed hunters, and sporting rights owners is a good idea?
9.Would you support the idea of community deer larders to promote local deer management?
10.What concerns do you have about deer stalking and deer management in Ireland
11.Should all deer hunting licence holders have mandatory deer management training? (currently just first time applications since 2022)
12.Do the current Wildlife Acts support modern deer management seen in other countries, such as the use of mouth blown deer calls to attract deer, hand held thermal technology to identify or count deer, etc
13.Are deer numbers in the area(s) you manage deer?
14.The deer you cull, do you?
15.Do Coillte support responsible deer management on their properties?
16.Tell us about you? In case we need to contact you for further information. Individual answers or data will not be published, and all data will  be treated as set out in our Data Protection Policy available on www.irishdeercommission.ie
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