With the Season for hunting of male deer opening on Thursday 1st September, licensed hunters holding permits to hunt deer on Coillte forest property will be obliged to use the Hunting Area Management System (HAMS) to reserve hunting days and times and to check in and check out of licensed forest properties, and to input other information regarding deer seen or shot, as well as other relevant information.

HAMS is best used through a PC rather than the ‘phone app, which appears not to have yet achieved an optimum stage of development.

The system may appear to be cumbersome and difficult to navigate to first-time users, so hunters are recommended to familiarise themselves with operation of the system well before their first scheduled hunting trip.

HAMS have published a useful series of instructional videos on their dedicated YouTube channel, which can be accessed HERE