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2025 Duck season compliance summary

23/06/2025. During the 2025 duck season, the Game Management Authority (GMA) conducted 606 waterway and wetland patrols on private and public land across Victoria. During the 2025 duck season, the Game Management Authority (GMA) conducted 606

Recovering game birds and salvaging the meat

For responsible hunters, recovering and using the game they have harvested is standard practice and is all part of the enjoyment of sourcing, harvesting and consuming wild game. However, irresponsible hunters make no attempt to retrieve the game

Victoria’s duck abundance survey about to begin

04/11/2024. The Game Management Authority (GMA) will begin its annual survey of Victoria’s game duck population on Tuesday, 12 November 2024. The Game Management Authority (GMA) will begin its annual survey of Victoria’s game duck population on

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Firearms licence

Individuals, organisations and government departments can hold a firearm licence for a range of employment and leisure purposes. To be eligible for a licence, you must be:. A permanent resident of Victoria (or work with firearms in Victoria). A 'fit

New duck hunting regulations

To ensure game birds are not wasted, the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2012 have been changed to include two new regulations that will require hunters to immediately recover downed game birds after they are shot and to salvage at least the breast m

Hunting with hounds

Recreational deer hunting in Victoria continues to grow and one of the more traditional methods of hunting Sambar Deer is with the aid of scent-trailing hounds (also known as hound hunting). . Hounds have been used to hunt Sambar Deer for over 100

Wetlands closed to hunting

17/05/2024. The Victorian Government has closed or partially closed thirty-four wetlands to hunting for the 2024 duck season to prevent losses or disturbance to significant numbers of threatened species and breeding waterbirds. Friday, 17 May 2024.

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Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024. 03/09/2024 New game hunting regulations will come into effect on 7 September 2024. 2023 deer harvest report now available. 16/07/2024 The Game Management Authority has today released the Estimates of the 2023 deer

Wetland management process

Hunting areas can be further regulated or closed through a legal notice prior to, or during the duck season. Further regulation or closure can occur for a number of reasons, including to protect rare and threatened species or to avoid disturbance to