9Open season for European fallow deer

9 Open season for European fallow deer

[Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2015, No. 87, Applied:09 Dec 2015] [Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2016, No. 120, Applied:21 Dec 2016] [Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2017, No. 100, Applied:20 Dec 2017] [Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2015, No. 87, Applied:09 Dec 2015] [Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2016, No. 120, Applied:21 Dec 2016] [Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2017, No. 100, Applied:20 Dec 2017] [Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2010, No. 19, Applied:17 Feb 2010] [Clause 9 Amended by S.R. 2019, No. 86, Applied:25 Dec 2019] [Clause 9 Substituted by S.R. 2022, No. 3, Applied:26 Feb 2022]

(1)  The open season for European fallow deer in each year is –

(a) in the case of adult male deer, the period starting on the Saturday nearest 26 February of the year and ending on the sixth Sunday following that Saturday; and

(b) in the case of antlerless deer, the period starting on 15 March of the year and ending on 15 November of that year.

(2)  During an open season referred to in subclause (1) , a person –

(a) may only take antlerless deer or adult male deer; and

(b) may take no more than one adult male deer.