The annual deer hunting season has opened for licensed hunters in Kilkenny and across Ireland.
The season opened at 5.30am on September 1 and hunters are allowed to stalk and shoot sika, fallow and muntjac deer species throughout the State.
Hunting for male deer is permitted until the end of the year.
Hunting of female deer opens on November 1 and continues until the end of February.
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