If they opened up the seasons would you ………

[RescueMe0007]

Let’s cut the men from the boys, if the powers that be did away with the close season would you?

Like I said in a previous post, no one seem to care about the humble muntjac!

Yes or no?

Yes, currently, my focus is culling Sika & Fallow for the landowners who were kind enough to grant me permission. For that reason where possible I target the hinds and does. I have a number of S42's for culling deer out of the normal season due to the damages they're doing to crops, plantations and silage. I have no interest in trophy hunting. My limitation is being able to dispose of the meat effectively. Venison is treated here by many people as exotic and they are wary of using it. I'm fortunate in that I have eastern european's living locally and they really appreciate venison so it's becoming a little easier. Here in the RoI we have initiated Deer Management Units (DMU), which are trying to co-ordinate the culling of deer to specifically reduce their numbers. It'll be interesting by the end of this season to see if there is any sign of positive impact. We'll probably need about five years to have sufficient reliable data.

 

[VSS]

Glad you didnt say a knife!

Once bitten......