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2025 Season goes off with a bang

Our members are out and about enjoying the season, creating lifelong memories with family and friends. We'll keep this area updated with action pics as we receive them.

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Thu 20 Mar 2025

FGA Duck Season Photo Competition is on again for the 2025

Photo Competition is on again - Get involved and send us your pics to win!

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Mon 17 Mar 2025

2025 Victorian Duck Season Update

Field & Game Australia – 2025 Victorian Duck Season Update The 2025 Victorian Duck Season will run from 8 a.m. on Wednesday, 19th March 2025, to 30 minutes after sunset on Monday, 9th June 2025.

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Fri 14 Feb 2025

2025 Victorian Duck season setting progress

The Victorian Government has released the Draft Game Duck Harvest Strategy, a major initiative designed to provide a structured, evidence-based framework for sustainable game duck hunting. Field & Game Australia (FGA) has reviewed the draft and provided detailed feedback, emphasizing opportunities to improve the strategy and ensure its success. Below are the key points from the strategy and FGA’s response.

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Fri 20 Dec 2024

Take Action Tuesday: Calling All Fox Hunters! 🦊

Read more about a unique opportunity to actively contribute to wildlife conservation and demonstrate the essential role of hunters in scientific research. Together, we can shape the future of conservation in Australia and beyond.

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Tue 26 Nov 2024

What hunters need to know about High Path Avian Influenza if/when it arrives in Australia

High pathogenicity AI H5 viruses (including H5N1) have not been detected in animals in Australia. In Australian poultry enterprises, eleven outbreaks of HPAI H7 strains occurred between 1976 and 2024 [20-25]. HPAI has never been detected in Australian wild birds, other than one detection of HPAI H7 in a feral Eurasian starling (Sterna vulgaris) trapped inside an affected poultry shed during a 1985.

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Thu 24 Oct 2024

Petition opposes Surf Coast Shire Council's move to stop hunting

Last night at a meeting of Surf Coast Shire Council at Moria, near Geelong, FGA representatives were present as two petitions were tabled in relation to the council’s ‘Motion 157’ which seeks to have three local lakes closed to duck hunting.

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Wed 29 May 2024

Government Announces Wetland Closures for the 2024 Victorian Duck Season

2024 closures gazetted

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Sun 07 Apr 2024

Pro-hunting message goes large in Sale

The pro-hunting message is being displayed in a big way in Sale, Gippsland, with a new billboard promoting the duck hunting season and all the things it means to us.

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Thu 14 Mar 2024

New conditions for SA duck and quail permit holders in 2024

New conditions for duck and quail permit holders are in place for the 2024 season in South Australia. We strongly encourage hunters to read and understand all applicable laws and the permit conditions before hunting in SA..

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Thu 14 Mar 2024

Consumptive hunting: A passion that fuels conservation efforts

Victoria's wetlands are not just bodies of water but cherished landscapes thanks to the stewardship of volunteer hunters who invest time, effort, and resources into their care – unlike in NSW where recent news stories have painted a very different picture.

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Wed 21 Feb 2024

Join the #25by25 journey with Field & Game Australia!

Join the #25by25 journey with Field & Game Australia! We're on an ambitious quest to get 2,500 people to complete game bird identification training and have 2500 WITs delivered by 2025. This initiative is about more than just numbers; it's about fostering a culture of responsible hunting, conservation, and camaraderie.

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Tue 13 Feb 2024

FGA's position on the 2024 duck hunting season

An update on the 2024 duck hunting season and Field & Game Australia's dialogue with the Victorian Game Management Authority (GMA).

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Wed 10 Jan 2024

2024 Victorian duck hunting season update

Following the release of crucial information by the Victorian Game Management Authority (GMA), we bring you the latest update on the 2024 Victorian duck hunting season.

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Tue 19 Dec 2023

South Australia committee votes to retain game bird hunting in 2024

Marking a milestone in wildlife management and responsible hunting, commonsense has prevailed and the South Australian parliamentary inquiry into game bird hunting has recommended a continuation of game bird hunting in that state.

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Fri 15 Dec 2023

EAWS results released, with positive results for game birds

The 2023 Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey results, which are now available, bring some positive insights for the hunting community. Read on to discover why this year's survey spells good news for sustainable hunting practices.

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Tue 12 Dec 2023

Make your Christmas wish list known to your local VIC, SA, TAS & NSW pollies!

What's on your Christmas wish-list with regard to the traditions we hold dear? Let your local politicians know your wish to be able to continue to enjoy our treasured outdoor recreational pursuits. It only takes a few minutes...

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Thu 07 Dec 2023

Duck hunting forum attracts 400 hunters and supporters

About 400 passionate duck hunters and supporters packed into a meeting room in Craigieburn on October 24 to participate in a forum organised by Liberals' Evan Mulholland and the Nationals' Emma Kealy, where each pledged their party's support for the continuation of duck hunting in Victoria.

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Wed 25 Oct 2023