Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order, 2005 (S.I. No. 550 of 2005)

Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire89244.htm[15.01.2025 17:59:12] S.I. No. 550/2005 — Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order, 2005 STATUTORY INSTRUMENT S.I. NO. 550 OF 2005 WILDLIFE (WILD MAMMALS) (OPEN SEASONS) ORDER, 2005. WILDLIFE (WILD MAMMALS) (OPEN SEASONS) ORDER, 2005. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 8(2) of the Wildlife Act, 1976 (No. 39 of 1976), and the Heritage (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 2002 ( S.I. No. 356 of 2002 ) hereby orders as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order, 2005. 2. In this Order a reference to a column is to a column of the Schedule to this Order. 3. The species of protected wild mammals specified in column (1) may be hunted during the periods specified in relation to the species concerned in column (2), in the manner so specified in column (3), in the places in the State so specified in column (4). 4. For the purposes of this order Antlerless Deer will be construed as including any male deer without antlers, of less than one year, i.e. a calf 5. The Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order, 1998 ( S.I. No. 331 of 1998 ), is hereby revoked. SCHEDULE Species of Wild Mammal Hunting Period Manner of Hunting Places in the State (1) (2) (3) (4) Male Fallow Deer The period beginning on the 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 31st day of December of Shooting with firearms Throughout the State. Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire89244.htm[15.01.2025 17:59:12] that same year. Female and Antlerless Fallow Deer The period beginning on the 1st day of November in each year and ending on the last day of February in the year immediately following that year. Shooting with firearms Throughout the State. Male Sika Deer The period beginning on the 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 31st day of December of that same year Shooting with firearms Throughout the State. Female and Antlerless Sika Deer The period beginning on the 1st day of November in each year and ending on the last day of February in the year immediately following that year Shooting with firearms Throughout the State. Male Red Deer The period beginning on the 1st day of September in each year and ending on the 31st day of December of that same year Shooting with firearms Throughout the State exclusive of the county of Kerry. Female and Antlerless Red Deer The period beginning on the 1st day of November in each year and ending on the last day of February in the year immediately following that year Shooting with firearms Throughout the State. Hares The period beginning on the Shooting with firearms; coursing Throughout the state exclusive of Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire89244.htm[15.01.2025 17:59:12] 26th day of September in each year and ending on the 28th day of February in the year immediately following that year. at regulated coursing matches; hunting with packs of beagles and harriers the townlands of North East Slob, North West Slob, Big Island, Beggerin Island and The Raven, in the county of Wexford. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, this 1st day of September 2005 Dick Roche, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government EXPLANATORY NOTE The effect of this Order is to set hunting seasons for certain species of wild mammals and to revoke the Wildlife (Wild Mammals) (Open Seasons) Order, 1998 (S.I 331 of 1998). © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the House of the Oireachtas