Thanks! Yeah its nice here, where did you visit? yeah if you're in a hunting club it's definitely easier to get firearms licences (im in two clubs) but you can own a rifle/shotgun for vermin control if you own land or have landowners permission (there's no public land over here). Then there's a good few target clubs for the likes of PRS and other target shooting disciplines. full bore pistols were grandfathered in 2008 so can only have .22lr pistols/revolvers with a mag capacity of 5 rounds which sucks and centrefire semi autos are restricted at the moment and quite difficult to get licenced for. You need to have a reason for each firearm and apply to the local police dept for approval.
Hope you enjoyed your time here! Kinsale is a nice spot! I was stateside a few times just the typical tourist places, New York, Chicago and Florida all really cool places. Loved seeing Outdoor World...couldn't believe the scale of it....Would love to go somewhere else that isn't so touristy to get a feel for the place. Yeah we have 4 species of deer here, Red, Sika, Fallow and Muntjac (although quite rare).
It sound like you saw some Sika deer and hares!
Nice one you got to see alot on your visit!
First introduction to hunting was crow and pigeon shooting with my uncle at 12 and went off as much as I could with him, didn't get my own gun until I was 17, a second hand Lanber 12ga semi auto (great gun) for ducks and pheasants and a few years later got my first rifle for foxes, a marlin X7 in .223 although sadly both guns have been swapped out since, from there picked up a Ruger 10/22 for rabbit control and then a Ruger American in .308 for deer in 2019. My deer land permissions mainly consist of Fallow but with one small farm that has the occasional red/sika/hybrid herd wandering through.
Okay thanks for that, will definitely try and get out to those next time i'm over!
