Off roading and hunting

nqtfarmer · 18-09-2019 9:14pm #1

Hi all, I’m not a hunter but would be interested. Spent my honeymoon in S. Africa and its clear to see that off road vehicles, trailers, roof top tents and hunting is serious business. It’s not uncommon for couples to drive deep into the bush for a week at a time to hunt.
My query is does Ireland or even Scotland have this range of remoteness?? Outside national parks, is there the same level of off road trails allowing one to completely disconnect

Chiparus · 18-09-2019 9:45pm

nqtfarmer wrote: »

Hi all, I’m not a hunter but would be interested. Spent my honeymoon in S. Africa and its clear to see that off road vehicles, trailers, roof top tents and hunting is serious business. It’s not uncommon for couples to drive deep into the bush for a week at a time to hunt.
My query is does Ireland or even Scotland have this range of remoteness?? Outside national parks, is there the same level of off road trails allowing one to completely disconnect

Probably not , plus our seasons being in winter based and wet would not be the best to go camping.
Cannot think of anywhere that is that isolated in Ireland.

I used to do culling feral goats in Australia, we would go out for a week, sleeping under the stars, great experience.

Grizzly 45 · 18-09-2019 10:02pm

Errr..No and..No ,unfortuneatly to any such wild places on our little island:(.A days walk at best will haveyou falling over some sort of human habitation here,unless you are on one of the deserted Western seaboard islands,even if you werent trying to find someone..

There are some lads who do bush craft canoeing and camping along the Shannon, in all seasons and weeathers...which could give you the illision of being nowhere near civilisation,but I doubt you could legally live off the gun while doing such here.:(
Scotland,is deffo a better chance for wild isolated areas with better marked Green lanes for off roading.But the fishing& hunting belongs to someone, or some local Laird.Who might take a dim view of you potting one of his prize stags,or hauling out some fish from the burn.:)

You want that kind of expeditionary hunting.Europe is the wrong continent.

solarwinds · 18-09-2019 11:09pm

I believe the legend that is Bear Grylls lol, filmed a survival programme on the west coast somewhere, where if he didn't get shelter soon "he would die" lol. Id say the locals didn't know what to make of him. Now if he managed to find wilderness like that here then it must be true.