Duck season 2024 arrangements

South Australia

The 2024 South Australian duck hunting season will commence on March 16 and end on June 30, with a bag limit of 10 ducks per licensed hunter per day.

The species that may be hunted are:

grey teal

chestnut teal

Pacific black duck

Australian shelduck (mountain duck)

maned (wood) duck.

pink-eared duck.

hardhead

Shooting is permitted between sunrise and sunset on any given day of the open season at approved locations.

The 2024 South Australian stubble quail hunting season begins on April 27 and concludes on July 28, with a bag limit of 15 quail per licensed hunter per day.

Please note that new conditions for duck and quail permit holders are in place for the 2024 season; more information is available HERE.

Tasmania

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania has listed the dates for the 2024 duck and quail seasons on its website.

The dates for the 2024 wild duck hunting season are March 9 to June 10.

The dates for the 2024 brown quail hunting season are May 18 to June 30.

More details can be found at https://nre.tas.gov.au/.../forms-permits.../hunting-licences

Please note: The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania advises that season dates are subject to change without notice in response to the results of monitoring and changes in seasonal conditions.

Victoria

The 2024 duck season will begin on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 and end on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 (inclusive).

Hunting start time will be 8am each day of the entire season, and each day’s hunting will close 30 minutes after sunset.

There will be a daily bag limit of six ducks per licensed hunter per day.

Permitted species for hunting are:

grey teal

chestnut teal

Pacific black duck

Australian shelduck (mountain duck)

maned (wood) duck.

pink-eared duck.

Blue-winged shoveler and hardhead cannot be hunted.

Determinations will be made as part of normal seasonal arrangements about sites where duck hunting will be prohibited. These sites will be posted on the GMA website, and hunters are urged to keep up-to-date with any changes.

At the time of writing this article, the dates for the Victorian stubble quail hunting season had not been announced.

Be a better game bird hunter

Field & Game Australia actively encourages hunters to familiarise themselves with all rules and regulations pertaining to the hunt.

Being an ethical hunter means knowing and being able to identify the permitted game species, knowing when to shoot and when not to, and making sure that any downed birds are retrieved immediately and dispatched humanely as quickly as possible.

For this information and more, the Victorian Game Management Authority's pulication "Be a better game bird hunter" is a great place to start; you can view it HERE.