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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.
Men convicted for illegal spotlighting in Big River
17/01/2025Two men from Werribee and Tarneit in Victoria pleaded guilty and have been convicted in the Werribee Magistrates’ Court for illegal spotlighting offences in Big River State Forest near Lake Eildon.
2024 game bird harvest report now available
14/01/2025The Game Management Authority (GMA) has today released the Estimates of duck and Stubble Quail harvest in Victoria 2024 report.
Victorian Government appoints new board directors to the Game Management Authority
12/11/2024The Victorian Government has appointed Dr Danielle Auldist and Mr Luke Wilson to the Game Management Authority (GMA) board, effective 1 November 2024.
Victoria’s duck abundance survey about to begin
04/11/2024The Game Management Authority (GMA) will begin its annual survey of Victoria’s game duck population on Tuesday, 12 November 2024.
Man penalised for illegal Hog Deer hunting
10/09/2024A man from Lake Bunga near Lakes Entrance has faced the Wonthaggi Magistrates’ Court for illegally hunting Hog Deer on private property in Yanakie near Wilsons Promontory.
Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2024
03/09/2024New game hunting regulations will come into effect on 7 September 2024.
2023 deer harvest report now available
16/07/2024The Game Management Authority has today released the Estimates of the 2023 deer harvest in Victoria report.
2024 Duck season compliance summary
17/06/2024During the 2024 duck season, the Game Management Authority (GMA) conducted 511 waterway and wetland patrols on private and public land across Victoria.
Man caught with illegally shot Brown Quail
04/06/2024A man from Williamstown in Victoria recently admitted in the Echuca Magistrates Court to illegally shooting a Brown Quail at Gaynors Swamp State Game Reserve near Stanhope.
New Hog Deer DNA technology targets poachers
28/05/2024The Game Management Authority (GMA) is using new DNA profiling technology to help determine if people are poaching or in illegal possession of Hog Deer.
Men penalised for hunting in National Park
23/05/2024Two men from Waaia near Numurkah have faced the Echuca Magistrates’ Court for illegally hunting deer in the Barmah National Park near Echuca last year in April.
Stubble Quail abundance survey results
21/05/2024The technical report on Victoria’s 2024 statewide Stubble Quail abundance survey is now available.
Wetlands closed to hunting
17/05/2024The 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.
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