For hire: deer hunters in Ireland

Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 09:53 AM

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Deer are fast becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards around the country, especially in Co.Wicklow.

With an over-population of deer in Ireland, the damage they are doing to horticulture and woodlands is becoming a serious problem according to a new report.

At the launch of the report "Developing a Collaborative Strategy for the Management and Control of Invasive Deer Species for County Wicklow" commissioned by the Wicklow Deer Management Group, it was revealed that the deer population in Ireland has drastically increased in recent years and they are now at the top of the wild food chain.

The damage caused to woodlands is estimated to be as high as €3,800 ($5,090) per annum.

Experts have said that if the over-population is managed properly it could be a great resource to the country. Venison in Ireland continues to be in great demand and income could be generated from the sporting element of hunting deer also.

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Towngate | Dec 15, 2010, 12:10 PM EST

These wicked Wicklow vermin have done that much damage to my trees alone! I love to see them but would willingly shoot the person who issued their Passports and let them leave Wicklow and violate our sacred Pale!

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sirpeter | Dec 15, 2010, 08:25 AM EST

Damage as high as €3,800 a year..Sweet Jesus on a rubber bike.One scumbag where i live could cause more damage and cost on a Saturday night to one bus shelter.Strategy for the Management and Control of Invasive Deer Species,and they had to form a group for that.

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Monsoonman | Dec 14, 2010, 08:01 PM EST

This is what we do for animal control in the U.S.: "The Sierra Club and the U.S. Forest Service were presenting an alternative to the Wyoming ranchers for controlling the coyote population. It seems that after years of the ranchers using the tried and true method of shooting or trapping the predators, the Sierra Club had a "more humane" solution to this issue. What they were proposing was for the animals to be captured alive. The males would then be castrated and let loose again. This was ACTUALLY proposed by the Sierra Club and by the U.S. Forest Service. All of the ranchers thought about this amazing idea for a couple of minutes. Finally an old fellow in the back of the conference room stood up, tipped his hat back and said; "Son, I don't think you understand our problem here . . . these coyotes ain't ######' our sheep . . . they're eatin' 'em!" The meeting never really got back to order "

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MAYOLAD | Dec 14, 2010, 05:52 PM EST

We will send some hunters from the U.S, they will take care of the deer and the poles HA HA

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seagreen | Dec 14, 2010, 05:46 PM EST

Everything is a hazzard when the Irish get behind the wheel of a vehicle (especially in Donegal)

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sirpeter | Dec 14, 2010, 04:53 PM EST

Feckin' Hell Georgy, I have noticed a lack of swans out the lough in Cork..you reckon it's the poles.I did see a pole with white feathers around his mouth in a bus stop and a leg of a horse hanging from his belt.

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GeorgeDillon | Dec 14, 2010, 02:58 PM EST

The problem is that many of the killers are foreign migrants. These poachers have already killed countless ducks and swans in Ireland. The Irish have a tradition of not considering swans as food, going back to the ancient Fianna and Children of Lir stories. But the Poles do not have any cultural heritage of that sort, and they are voracious meat eaters (check them out in an Irish supermarket--they hotfoot it to the meat section and ignore everything else). They have also emptied Irish rivers and lakes of fish that the Irish don't consider food e.g pike, etc. Of course they steal salmon and trout too when they get a chance. The Poles eat anything. I would be concerned that they will start to eat Irish horses, since they kill and eat horses back in Poland. And the stupid Irish are unable to protect their natural heritage from this onslaught by foreign parasites. The Irish were given a beautiful country, full of natural wealth. They didn't deserve it, they have been bad stewards, and now they're losing it in front of their eyes.

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