Commonly called the ‘Irish elk,” these deer weighed upwards of 1,500 pounds. This specimen is currently housed at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. Clocking in at about 6.5 feet tall and ...

Northern Ireland has officially welcomed autumn with images from Co Tyrone’s Parkanaur Forest Park showing a small herd of deer basking in the winter sun. Images captured by the Belfast Telegraph show ...

A nationwide deer cull would be welcomed, the Chair of Wicklow Deer Management Partnership has said as he described the situation as "out of control". It comes after Minister for the Environment Eamon ...

An academic study based in part in Ireland has suggested reintroducing the lynx into Ireland and the rest of Europe to keep an invasive species of deer in check. Restoring native predators could ...

A rifle-mounted video camera is showing us what the hunter is seeing through his telescopic sight: a confused intersection of mossy trunks and branches. He is in the depths of an Irish conifer forest ...

“Seizing the opportunity, the Stalker steadied his rifle . . . He set the double trigger, fixed the ’scope on the target area and gently squeezed. Faster than the speed of sound flew the bullet from ...

Deer in some of Northern Ireland's forests are turning nocturnal, apparently in a bid to avoid poachers, experts believe. Police say they are concerned that poaching is going on in forests in the ...

Experts are assessing the risk of 'zombie deer' disease entering Ireland, after cases were reported in Norway, the US and Canada. Known as chronic wasting disease (CWD), the contagious illness attacks ...

More than 55,000 deer were killed by hunters in Ireland during the year to February 2022, according to figures released by the Irish Deer Commission. The voluntary association promotes efforts to ...

Deer are not an uncommon sight in rural Northern Ireland, but in built up areas like Newry, County Down, they are a rare image indeed. The appearance of a single stag on the loose in the city on ...