Compliance data shows a rapid increase in protestor offending

Victoria’s Game Management Authority has published compliance data from the first five days of the 2024 Victorian game duck season.

The data shows a generally excellent level of hunter compliance, with no hunters exceeding their daily bag limit down from one last year.

It also shows an increasingly poor level of compliance amongst anti-hunting activists, with the number of banning notices issued in 2024 being seven times that of last year and equal to the amount issued in the preceding six years combined.

On return from observing duck opening in northwest Victoria last week, SSAA Victoria staff advised that the protestor activity had taken a particularly nasty, dangerous and intolerant tone this year. The data released by the GMA today supports that anecdotal reporting.

Just as SSAA Victoria and other organisations actively condemn any illegal hunting activity, the Association condemns the increase in dangerous illegal behaviour amongst the anti-hunting movement and calls on their so-called leaders to show some integrity and do the same.

You can view the data from the first five days of the 2024 Victorian duck season on the GMA website.