Thread: Sika deer in Ireland

@Norway, Re Japan: Some years ago I read an article about Sika hunting in Japan. Hunting could only be undertaken with a shotgun - rifled barrel and slugs. The Sika were very big, big bodied and heads, far bigger than the strains introduced here from the Duke of Bedfords herd. Despite the limited range of the shotgun it was easy to shoot a good stag as there were plenty about. Hunting was on one of the lesser islands.
I dont know if persons other than residents were allowed to use a shotgun in Japan.