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2025 Gamebird harvest report
12/02/2026The Game Management Authority (GMA) has today released the Estimates of duck and Stubble Quail harvest in Victoria 2025.
2026 duck season bag limit
12/02/2026The Victorian Government has set a daily bag limit of nine ducks per hunter for the 2026 duck hunting season.
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.
2024 Deer harvest report now available
20/10/2025The Game Management Authority has today released the Estimates of the 2024 deer harvest in Victoria report.
Victoria’s duck abundance survey about to begin
06/10/2025The Game Management Authority (GMA) will begin its annual survey of Victoria’s game duck population on Tuesday, 21 October 2025.
More opportunities for deer hunting in Victoria
04/07/2025Minister for Outdoor Recreation Steve Dimopoulos today announced that the National Parks Act will be amended to allow seasonal deer hunting in Errinundra and Snowy River National Park.
2025 Duck season compliance summary
23/06/2025During the 2025 duck season, the Game Management Authority (GMA) conducted 606 waterway and wetland patrols on private and public land across Victoria.
Wetlands update – Lake Cullen and Lake Tutchewop to reopen to hunting
28/05/2025The Victorian Government has announced that Lake Cullen and Lake Tutchewop will reopen to duck hunting from Saturday, 31 May 2025 (inclusive).
Stubble Quail abundance survey results
01/05/2025The preliminary results of Victoria’s forth statewide abundance survey estimated there were 2.3 million Stubble Quail in Victoria.
2025 duck season compliance update
03/04/2025With the 2025 duck season opening on Wednesday, 19 March, Authorised Officers from the GMA and partner agencies, including Victoria Police, are patrolling wetlands, creeks, rivers and lakes on private and public land across Victoria.
2024 game duck abundance survey results
26/03/2025The 2024 Abundance estimates for game ducks in Victoria report is now available, showing an estimated four million game ducks in Victoria.
Gamebird hunting not permitted in Avian Influenza control zone
11/03/2025Agriculture Victoria is responding to the detection of H7N8 avian influenza at four Victorian poultry farms in the Euroa area. A Control Order for the H7N8 avian influenza response has been put in place.
Guns destroyed and penalties for illegal hunting offences
05/03/2025Two men from Melbourne have pleaded guilty in the Werribee Magistrates’ Court to illegal spotlighting, firearm offences and shooting protected wildlife in Abbeyard near the Alpine National Park.
Changes to gamebird licensing conditions
18/02/2025Starting in 2025, the Victorian Government is introducing a stronger focus on education for gamebird hunters to ensure hunting remains sustainable, responsible and safe. This includes changes to gamebird licensing conditions.
2025 duck hunting season arrangements
14/02/2025The Victorian Government has announced the 2025 duck season will open at 8:00am on Wednesday, 19 March 2025 and close 30 minutes after sunset on Sunday, 9 June 2025.
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