Recreational Deer Hunting
The popularity of recreational deer hunting in Australia continues to increase as more people develop a passion for wild deer, the great outdoors, and seek to become more connected to their food source. This leads them to the wonderful world of free-range, nutritious, and sustainable wild deer, a valuable source of high-protein red meat.
Recreational hunters play a crucial role in wild deer management, harvesting the most significant number of wild deer and, importantly, consuming this sustainable resource, helping to provide population control on public land that allows recreational hunting.
There are many ways to hunt wild deer, from stalking with a bow to week-long backpack hunts in remote alpine country. Each offers a different experience in the great outdoors.
Local legislation and regulation define legal hunting methods. Hunters will likely adopt multiple approaches throughout their journey as their lifestyle, skill sets, time, or curiosity change.
What doesn’t change is the importance of animal welfare, regardless of the method of hunting; ensuring that you humanely harvest the deer is of the utmost importance. Hunters are encouraged to develop and maintain their firearm skills through regular practice.
Beginning your hunting journey can be daunting, as there is much to learn. But it doesn’t have to be that way. To help hunters learn more about wild deer and hunting, we offer two courses in New South Wales and Victoria. These courses are a fantastic way to speed up your learning and cut years off your learning curve.
An array of branch-related activities complements this, providing you with learning opportunities year-round, from branch camps to guest speakers on all things wild deer at branch meetings.
The ADA also hosts the Shelley Camp in North East Victoria. Hunters nationwide use this fantastic opportunity to enjoy hunting in some great country and share their stories of adventures with fellow deer hunters around a fire at night.
We also regularly publish stories from hunters who share their knowledge from their latest Hunting & Adventures as well as in-depth Gear & Reviews so that you can stay up to date with the latest equipment.
Join the Australian Deer Association today and begin your wild deer hunting journey, today!
STATE HUNTING INFORMATION
Click on the links below to view each state's hunting information, specifically relating to Deer Hunting:
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