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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

NT goose and duck hunting season begins

September 20 marks the start of the Northern Territory recreational goose and duck hunting season. This year there is an extra requirement for hunters who are not from the Northern Territory.

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Wed 20 Sep 2023

NSW duck numbers have soared – proving animal activists' claims to be false

NSW duck numbers have soared according to the latest NSW DPI count. The Pacific black duck population alone has surged from 159,800 in 2022 to 2.76 million in 2023 — that's a staggering 1600% increase! Turns out, Australian native ducks breed prolifically in wet conditions like we saw in 2022.

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Sat 09 Sep 2023

Native game bird hunting inquiry in Victoria and S.A

Submissions to the native bird hunting inquiry in Victoria and the native bird hunting inquiry in South Australia are now closed. Field & Game Australia made comprehensive submissions to both inquiries, and we thank our members, their families and friends who also took the time to write their own submissions in support of game bird hunting.

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Wed 31 May 2023

2023 Victorian duck season comes to a close

With the 2023 Victorian duck season having come to a close on Tuesday, May 30, Field & Game Australia would like to take a moment to thank our members who hunted responsibly and were rewarded with delicious and healthy food to share as they also made precious memories alongside family and friends in our great outdoors.

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Wed 31 May 2023

FGA supports orange-bellied parrot program but condemns overreach of minister

Field & Game Australia fully supports the captive breeding and release of orange-bellied parrots, and has previously had involvement with the release program. The parrots have been released successfully for the past five years at Connewarre Wetlands – yet this year the ministers deem a closure of the site to be neccessary. FGA could have supported a strategic closure of particular points close to release sights – but the closure of the entire SGR is heavy handed and a gross overreach.

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Thu 18 May 2023

ARI game duck abundance estimates released

The Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research's official report into abundance estimates for game ducks in Victoria has been released.

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Wed 29 Mar 2023

2023 Victorian Quail Season

Another completely baseless season modification

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Thu 23 Mar 2023

A message from FGA chairman Danny Ryan

At the end of a huge week, FGA chairman Danny Ryan has a few words of thanks and encouragement to FGA members and the broader hunting and shooting community.

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Fri 03 Mar 2023

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.

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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.

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Fri 24 Feb 2023

Avian botulism confirmed as cause of duck deaths

An occurrence of avian botulism at Bells Swamp, south-west of Bendigo in Victoria, has killed more than 700 birds, including many ducks.

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Wed 22 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.

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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.

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Tue 20 Dec 2022

Eastern Australian Waterbird Aerial Survey – October 2022

The Eastern Australian Waterbird Aerial Survey, October 2022 Annual Summary Report has been released. You can read the report here.

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Mon 19 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.

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Wed 23 Nov 2022