Sign in
Join now Sign in

News

2023 Victorian duck season announced

The 2023 Victorian duck season has been announced. The season will start at 8am on Wednesday, April 26, 2023 and will close 30 minutes after sunset on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The bag limit is four (4) birds per day.
home
Fri 24 Feb 2023

FGA chairman Danny Ryan writes:

"Waterfowl in Australia are unique and super-reactive to climatic conditions. Recent floods have provided food and the birds have bred prolifically with multiple clutches," writes Field & Game Australia chairman Danny Ryan, in this opinion piece published in The Weekly Times on February 22.
home
Fri 24 Feb 2023

Wetlands drained in northern Victoria

Field & Game Australia staff and volunteers have been engaged in discussions around the draining of several wetlands in recent months in northern Victoria.
home
Sat 07 Jan 2023

Considerations for 2023 duck season

Today – December 20, 2022 – the documents "Using duck proxies and surface water to inform hunting arrangements for 2023" compiled by Marcel Klaassen, and the Game Management Authority’s "Considerations for the 2023 duck season" were made public.
home
Tue 20 Dec 2022

Hunting and conservation work continues

With the Field & Game Australia National Carnival hogging the limelight in recent weeks, some members might not realise that FGA’s hunting and conservation work has continued quietly yet actively in the background.
home
Wed 23 Nov 2022

South Australian wetland conditions

During our recent visit to South Australia, we took the opportunity to gather information from various stakeholders and visit some wetlands. Crossing the border between Victoria and South Australia showed a welcome change from recent years and significant water in the surrounding paddocks.
home
Wed 16 Nov 2022

Heart Morass monument unveiled

The unveiling of a monument at Heart Morass which honours the original trustees of the Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation has attracted the attention of government representatives, local volunteers and a multitude of VIPs and dignitaries.
home
Fri 04 Nov 2022