Figures recently made available by the National Parks & Wildlife Service show massive increases in both the number of licenced deer hunters, and in the number of wild deer shot nationally.

A total of 5249 Deer Hunting Licences were issued for the Season 2017-2018. This compares with approximately 4600 in the previous year.

According to hunters’ bag returns, a total of 37241 wild deer (three species) were shot in 2016-2017.