24/09/2013
Wild Bird Shooting
With its myriad of wild fowl, both indigenous and migratory, and untouched rural habitats, Ireland offers the enthusiast a second to none shooting experience. Savour the wilds and romance of the Irish hinterlands, be it mature groves, sprawling marshlands, estuaries, or briar and bramble, you will experience the discipline at its most raw and pure. Being a most important landfall for many migrating species, the shooter is spoilt for choice amid such variety and large numbers of fowl; this is shooting as it was meant to be.
You can locate the best wild bird hunting by migratory patterns, season and county by county search. Wood c**k, Snipe, Duck, Pigeon, Pheasant, Partridge, Geese are some of the tempting quarry found in abundance throughout Ireland.
Hunting Seasons for Wild Birds in Rep. of Ireland 2013
SPECIES OPEN SEASONS.......
Red Grouse 1st September to September 30th
Mallard, Teal, Gadwall, Wigeon, Pintail, Shoveler, Scaup, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Goldeneye, Golden Plover, Snipe, Jack Snipe 1st September to January 31st
Red-legged Partridge 1st November to January 31st
C**k Pheasant, Woodc**k 1st November to January 31st
Curlew 1st November to November 30th
Canada Geese 1st September to October 15th
Greylag Geese 1st September to October 15th
Greylag Geese (Lady's Island, Co. Wexford and Gearagh East
Gearagh West in Co. Cork only) 16th October to January 31st
Wood pigeon 1st November to January 31st
Ruddy Duck 1st September to January 31st