Deer cull figures for the years 1994/95 to 2014/15 based on returns submitted annually by licensed hunters have been made available by the National Parks & Wildlife Service.
The figures are broken down by county and by deer species (red deer, fallow deer, sika deer and red/sika hybrids) and by gender.
They show a gradual increase in the annual cull from 4749 deer in 1995 to 31589 deer in 2015.
The data can be downloaded as an Excel Worksheet at
DEER CULL (HUNTER RETURNS) 1994/95 TO 2014/15, BY COUNTY & DEER SPECIES