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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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Wetlands closed to hunting
14/03/2025The Victorian Government has closed or partially closed 18 wetlands to hunting for the 2025 duck season to protect significant concentrations of threatened species and breeding waterbirds.
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.