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Largest Australian duck tracking research project takes flight
06/11/2025The Game Management Authority and Deakin University are conducting new research to better understand the movements, survival and behaviour of Victoria’s most important game duck species.
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Wetlands update – Dowd Morass to reopen to hunting and Green Lake and Fresh Lake to close
28/05/2026The Victorian Government has announced that Dowd Morass State Game Reserve near Sale will reopen to duck hunting, and Green Lake, including Fresh Lake, near Corop will close to hunting from Sunday, 31 May 2026 (inclusive).
Almost 160,000 deer harvested by recreational hunters in 2025
26/05/2026The Game Management Authority has today released the Estimates of the 2025 deer harvest in Victoria report.
Guns and gear forfeited and fine for illegal hunting offences
22/05/2026A man from South Gippsland has plead guilty in the Sale Magistrates’ Court to hunting without a licence and having loaded firearms in his vehicle in the Crookayan area in the Alpine National Park.